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Re: Travel abroad, equipment, etc.


From: "Scott, Charlie" <cscott () UTEXAS EDU>
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 13:23:39 +0000

We have published these international travel guidelines:

https://wikis.utexas.edu/display/ISO/International+Travel+Guidelines

Some departments do have managed loaner devices for faculty to take abroad, which is what we strongly recommend.

Thanks,
Charlie

On Jul 17, 2013, at 11:42 AM, Shettler, David <dshettle () HOLYCROSS EDU> wrote:

"Some universities no longer allow their professors to take laptops to
certain countries, and that should be a standard practice, said James
A. Lewis, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and
International Studies, a policy group in Washington..."

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/17/education/barrage-of-cyberattacks-challenges-campus-culture.html?_r=0

How common is this practice in .edu?  Or variants of it, like loaner
equipment that gets processed before and after travel.

--
David Shettler
Information Security Officer
College of the Holy Cross
508-793-3073

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