Re: Web Content Filtering

["Bradley, Stephen" <bradlesw () MIAMIOH EDU>]

My guess is the first thing you will hear is "Academic Freedom" on why no
filtering should be allowed.

Filter only known bad traffic such as malware distribution sites and put a
web cache in.

steve

On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 1:08 PM, Donald Welch <djwelch () umich edu> wrote:

> Colleagues,
> I'm the new CISO for the University of Michigan.  I look forward to
> meeting you and working with you.  One of my first issues is web content
> filtering.
>
> I've been asked whether any other higher education institutions implement
> web content filtering and if so what groups to you filter for and what
> kinds of content.  If you wish, I'd also welcome your opinion on how well
> it works.
>
> This has started with our health system and my guess is that would be our
> focus if we went forward.  However, one of our Trustees has been
> questioning why we don't filter across the University.  I have to go to an
> initial meeting Friday afternoon, so any info you can give me before then
> would be much appreciated.
>
> Sincerely,
> Don
>
> Donald J. Welch, Ph.D.
> Chief Information Security Officer
> University of Michigan
> 734-615-0334



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