Re: Scanning Notices

["Bradley, Stephen W. Mr." <bradlesw () MUOHIO EDU>]

We do the same and post the warning up on our security Wiki that any network or system can be scanned at any time.  We 
let them know where the scans are coming from so they don't completely panic.

Currently we run 5 scheduled Nessus scans on various networks/systems just to keep an eye on them.

thx
steve
From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () listserv educause edu] On Behalf Of Bob Bayn
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 10:31 AM
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Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Scanning Notices

We do weekly Nessus scans every Thursday morning.  Everybody who cares, knows.
See https://it.wiki.usu.edu/Weekly_VulTest  for more than you may want to know about it.  ;-)  Contact us with 
questions if you want.

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From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] on behalf of Matt Marmet 
[matt.marmet () ARMSTRONG EDU]
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 8:16 AM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] Scanning Notices
Hello Everyone,

Here at Armstrong we are looking in to scanning our internal networks (desktop and server networks). I was wondering if 
other institutions were doing this and with what frequency? Also, do you notify the campus that these scans are going 
to be taking place and, if so, how much lead time do you give the campus? What kind of email or disclaimers do you send 
out letting people know what the scan includes? We are only looking at basic port scans and such at the moment. 
Everything we would be doing is non-invasive and not "invading" the users desktops looking for personal data. Thanks 
for your replies.

Regards,

Matt
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