Re: Recent experience traveling China

[Eric Weakland <eric () AMERICAN EDU>]

Emily,

So far <knock on wood> we haven't had anyone studying in China report our 
VPN service being blocked.  We have students there all the time, but I 
think it's more like 10-20.

Cheers,

Eric Weakland, CISSP, CISM, CRISC
Director, Information Security
Office of Information Technology 
American University
eric at american.edu
202.885.2241

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From:   Emily Harris <emharris () VASSAR EDU>
To:     SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU, 
Date:   03/03/2016 11:40 AM
Subject:        [SECURITY] Recent experience traveling China
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All:

Vassar has about 40 people taking a trip to China and we are attempting to 
advise them on a number of issues, including maintaining a safe and secure 
computing posture while abroad.

We are a Google school, and as you know, China blocks access to Google 
applications.  I am wondering if anyone on the list has recent experience 
traveling to China and using their own institutional VPN.  An article I 
read recently indicated that China is cracking down on corporate VPNs and 
many of them do not work.  Can anyone speak to experience in this realm? 
We are weighing our options for recommendations to these 40+ people. Thank 
you!

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Emily Harris
Interim Information Security Officer, CIS
Vassar College
845-437-7221