Re: Simple emergency out-of-band communication tool

[Michael Duff <mjduff () STANFORD EDU>]

Slack here

Michael Duff
Chief Information Security Officer
Stanford | University IT
michael.duff () stanford edu
650-721-3111

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From: The EDUCAUSE Security Community Group Listserv <SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU> on behalf of Jim A. Bole 
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Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 12:36 PM
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Subject: [SECURITY] Simple emergency out-of-band communication tool


What do you use for out-of-band communication within IT/Infosec for incidents where normal University tools (email, 
chat, etc) are unvailable?



We’ve been using a standalone, free Slack instance. It works well. Simple, mobile friendly, etc. It does lack some 
features, like screen sharing and built-in phone/video conferencing, but those haven’t been show stoppers.



Just curious what others are using, especially small shops.



Jim Bole

Director of Information Security

Stevenson University

1525 Greenspring Valley Road

Stevenson, MD, 21153-0641

jbole () stevenson edu | O: 443-334-2696



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