Abstract

Information Technology has become a critical aspect of supporting the University’s mission of education, research, and service. We rely more and more on computers and networks in our day-to-day operations. The decreasing cost of workstations has put computers on almost every desktop. We are putting more critical and confidential information on-line. The explosive growth of networking and the Internet has made it easy to access the information.

As our reliance on IT increases, the need to address security risks and threats has become paramount. The growing interconnection of computers (i.e. Internet) makes it easy to gain unauthorized access to sensitive information. The tools and software for computer and network exploitation is readily available on the World Wide Web. A security breach that causes disruption of our computing, communications, and network system can become a major disaster.

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