Aggie Horticulture Contributors Memorandum of Agreement
A Memorandum of Agreement giving the Aggie
Horticulture Webmaster the right/responsibility for making changes to the server
environment that improve network security must be signed by all who have
information stored on our servers.
A review of the Aggie Horticulture security
protocols (the University required ISAAC report) found 16 deficiencies in the
way our server is being managed. This resulted in our getting an unacceptable
overall rating. Some of these exceptional items will be difficult to correct
(lack of environmental control in the server room, development of a business
continuity plan) while others are
manageable.
The MOA, WHICH IS REQUIRED OF
ALL WHO HAVE INFORMATION SERVED ON AGGIE HORTICULTURE, addresses two of these
items:
Item B4d. Not all
security-related information resource changes are approved by the data owner
through a quality assurance process before
implementation:
Item C15. Users of
the information resources have not had annual information security awareness
training:
Request your copy of the MOA
from Dan Lineberger.
Only 14 left to
go!
To prevent any interruption in your
FTP access, please print the MOA, sign it and FAX it back to me at 979-845-0627
by next Monday (Aug 20th). I will terminate FTP access for all users for whom
I don't have a signed MOA by that
date.
Dan
Posted: Fri - August 17, 2007 at 02:50 PM