Re: Trying to manage the move to the cloud

[Bob Bayn <bob.bayn () USU EDU>]

Our Information Security Policy includes this little statement:

"Offsite storage, processing or backup of PSI/CID [private sensitive information/critical institutional data] must use 
service providers evaluated and approved by the responsible data steward in consultation with OIT. OIT is directed to 
publish standards that conform to this 
policy<https://it.usu.edu/policies/htm/information-security/selection-of-cloud-computing-services>."

The standards are still in development; the link goes to notes, comments and links to others.


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From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] on behalf of Chancellor, 
Beth C. [ChancellorB () MISSOURI EDU]
Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 7:36 PM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] Trying to manage the move to the cloud

All,

It is clear that many of us are dealing with the challenges of when, if and how to adopt public cloud computing models. 
 In the mean time, it’s concerning that at least some of our users are using free cloud services on their own.   Like 
many of you, my institution has policies about appropriate use (AUP), privacy policies, perquisite use policies, etc.  
What we don’t have is a policy that say “you must use the IT resources provided by your institution” even if other 
resources are available at no cost.

I am concerned about the onsie-twosie uses of Mozy, yahoo, hotmail, gmail, wikispaces, skydrives, and other free 
services  (and sometimes not free) that have not been reviewed or endorsed by central IT.

Have any of you written or adopted policies that require the use of University provided or endorsed IT resources and 
that prohibit the use of non-endorsed resources when conducting university business?

Beth



Beth Chancellor, MEd, CISSP
Associate CIO and Chief Information Security Officer
University of Missouri
(573) 882-2434