By
Mark Chapman,
CISSP (Omni Tech Corp.)
Ken Shaurette, CISSP (Omni Tech Corp.)
Loren Malm, CISSP (Ball State University)
To be effective, an information
security strategy must be a well coordinated, consistent, and organized ongoing
effort that applies policies and controls consistently across the organization.
However, information systems in higher education are often highly distributed
and heterogeneous, making consistency more difficult. Academic
clients will not tolerate a system that is cumbersome or inflexible, however
systems that cannot insure adequate security are also destined for failure.
How can technology leaders insure environments that are open enough to support
the free exchange of ideas and foster creative expression, while at the same
time meeting increasing demands for a secure environment that will protect these
resources from malevolent attacks and inadvertent destruction?
This panel discussion will provide an open forum for discussing these challenges
and will also present some of techniques, policies, and procedures that are
being used meet these challenges today.