Re: Initial Security assesment for a large university - what to ask?

[Yousef Syed <yousef.syed () gmail com>]

Hi,
I'd ask for any of their existing Security Policies and Procedures.
Existing access policies.
Business continuity plans and/or disaster recovery plans.
Current roles and responsibilities.

What is there critical data? How secure is it? Is personel data
secure? How about student data.

Are the applications secure? Who's using them?

Anyway, that's where I'd start.

Ys

On Wednesday, March 31, 2010, Camilo Olea <colea () sunset com mx> wrote:
> Dear friends,
>
> I've been asked to be part of a large project. A local college (in Cancun,MX) is changing administration, and as a 
> part of it, seems like they are changing the whole IT team. My orders were clear "Make a list of all that they need 
> to give to you, security-related".
>
> I'm thinking:
>
> - root logins and passwords for all servers/routers/etc
>
>
> ... and I stopped there. Any other ideas on what I should demand from them?
>
> Thanks,
> Camilo Olea
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