Volume 2. No 4 Information Technology News of the University of California, Davis Summer 1994

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Computer Security Working Groups Active

Actively working on issues surrounding campus systems security (including password security) are the Campus Computer Security Working Groups coordinated by Tom Arons of Distributed Computing Analysis & Support.

Immediate goals for the groups include:

• evaluate and deploy systems to secure network access to Zeus (the server for BANNER and the Student Information System);

• generate and disseminate mailing lists and sub-lists of network administrators on campus;

• evaluate password policy and implications of various system access policies;

• examine legal issues surrounding acceptable use policies, privacy standards, and system administration standards;

• investigate possible campus standards for file encryption and privacy-enhanced mail; and

• develop procedures for reporting and handling security threats, both proactively and reactively.