Re: New student username/password

[Curt Wilson <curtw () SIU EDU>]

We don't require a tech session before the account is able to be
created, but I see the tech session as a critical place to discuss
general security issues wrt phishing, scams, etc. and I wish we had such
a requirement here, and if I were you I'd try to find some way to
continue the tech session, even if it's forcing them to watch a short
video or something before getting the account.


Aaron Cayard-Roberts wrote:
> Hello,
>
> For years we've had students wait until they are on campus and have
> attended a tech session before we give them their username and password.
>  We've been under a lot of pressure to change this so that the students
> will be able to access campus services over the summer which require a
> username and password.
>
> I'm wondering how other institutions are handling this situation in a
> secure way.
>
> Thanks,
> Aaron


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Curt Wilson
SIUC IT Security Officer & Security Engineer