Re: Email Disclaimers

[Dennis Tracz <dntracz () UCALGARY CA>]

Hi Kevin,

We do not officially require or recommend the use of e-mail disclaimers.  However, some of our Departments, Facilities 
& individual users have chosen to implement their own.
We also do not discourage the practice.

Personally I think they offer very little if any value, provide a false sense of security and may be a contributing 
factor in the unauthorized disclosure of confidential information

"I thought it was ok... After all I did have the disclaimer at the bottom..."



Dennis N. Tracz, CISSP-ISSMP, CISM, CGEIT
Director, Information Security & Compliance
University of Calgary
Office: (403) 220-4010
Cell: (403) 305-4010




From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of 
Mclaughlin, Kevin (mclaugkl)
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 7:18 AM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] Email Disclaimers

Hi Everyone:

I have been asked to see if other IHEs make use of email disclaimers.  If you require or strongly recommend the use of 
email disclaimers at your institution would you kick me an off-list email to let me know?   I will compile the results 
(redacted) and post a summary back to the list.

Thanks,
- Kevin


Kevin L. McLaughlin,  CISM, CISSP, GIAC-GSLC, CRISC, PMP, ITIL Master Certified
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) & Assistant Vice President
Administration & Finance
TEWG-Region 6 TLO

University of Cincinnati
513-556-9177

The University of Cincinnati is one of America's top public research institutions and one of the region's largest 
employers, with a student population of more than 42,700.




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