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Re: Emeritus faculty privileges question


From: Frank Barton <bartonf () HUSSON EDU>
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2020 09:36:45 -0400

For all of you that maintain emeritus access at any level, who is the
"point" person on campus that keeps track of them, and lets you know when
they pass so that you can close out the legacy access?

Frank

On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 3:10 PM Paul Chauvet <chauvetp () newpaltz edu> wrote:

Hello Charles,



As soon as HR is notified about a retirement or other departure, they
notify IT & we send an automated notice to the retiree.  This notice lets
them know that they are responsible for downloading any files that they
need (along with a list of what data is considered sensitive that they
should not download/preserve).  The only things we really allow them to
keep are email, access to the wireless network with personal devices, and
access to library resources.  Other systems are not allowed and they are
not allowed to keep any college owned hardware (with the only exception
being if they do not have a smartphone they can keep their Yubikey which is
their second factor for Duo MFA).



In the case of keeping access – it is not a right it is a privilege.
Access is only granted if there is no objection from HR

My response for New Paltz is below:



   - Are your Emeritus faculty allowed to keep their laptops and desktops?
      - No (a week or two extension to keep access is occasionally
      granted to save anything that they need)
   - If this equipment is allow to be kept, are they removed from your
   institution's AD domain?
      - Not applicable for us
   - Are you reimaging these devices and removing them from your
   institution's AD domain?
      - Yes
   - What level of support and software are you offering?
      - Username/password reset (including for Duo MFA) but no technical
      support beyond that
   - Are you allowing the Emeritus faculty access to their home
   directories?
      - No
   - Are you allowing the Emeritus faculty access to department
   directories?
      - No
   - Are you allowing the Emeritus faculty access to research directories?
      - No
   - Are you allowing the Emeritus faculty access to their email, etc?
      - Yes







Paul Chauvet, CISSP

Information Security Officer

State University of New York at New Paltz

845-257-3828

chauvetp () newpaltz edu



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Hello,



Recently retirement packages for our faculty were sweetened by offering
Emeritus Faculty status. Emeritus faculty are provided the same access to
their data and equipment as if they were still working for our institution.
This is causing our IT to have to rethink security, support, access and
privileges for these users. How is your organization dealing with the
following concerns and how you are mitigating the risks involved?

   - Are your Emeritus faculty allowed to keep their laptops and desktops?
   - If this equipment is allow to be kept, are they removed from your
   institution's AD domain?
   - Are you reimaging these devices and removing them from your
   institution's AD domain?
   - What level of support and software are you offering?
   - Are you allowing the Emeritus faculty access to their home
   directories?
   - Are you allowing the Emeritus faculty access to department
   directories?
   - Are you allowing the Emeritus faculty access to research directories?
   - Are you allowing the Emeritus faculty access to their email, etc?

Answering any or all of the above questions would great help in our
planning. We are very interested in hearing if anyone has found a good
solution.



Thanks,

Charlie



*Charles Davidson, CISSP*

Information Security Engineer

*p:* (508) 831-6250

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Husson University
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