Re: Web Content Filtering

[Jim Cheetham <jim.cheetham () OTAGO AC NZ>]

That's a good argument for students & academic staff, but does not necessarily apply to the general staff & departments 
- don't forget that there is usually a large proportion of these employees in most institutions.

For example, the IT security staff are usually not academics, are they? :-)

-jim


-------- Original message --------
From: "David L. Wasley" <dlwasley () EARTHLINK NET>
Date:23/04/2015 08:00 (GMT+12:00)
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Cc:
Subject: Re: Web Content Filtering

One of the highly respected chancellor's of the University of California at Berkeley once stated:  "The role of the 
University is not to make ideas safe for students but to make students safe for ideas."  (This is a close paraphrase.)  
Dr. Clark Kerr said that circa 1964.

Protecting the institution against cyber-threats is understandable.  Censoring unpleasant ideas or controlling behavior 
should be avoided in a university.

        David Wasley
        UCB Alumnus

On Apr 22, 2015, at 10:08 AM, Donald Welch 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