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IT Policy Activity, May 2018

Posted: 2018-04-23 08:00:00   Expiration: 2018-05-31 18:00:00

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Change History

  • May announcements published on 4/26.
  • Updated May 15.

Opportunities to help shape IT policy

New / Revised Documents

Endorsement / Approval Pending

  • To comment, or suggest additional documents that need to be developed or revised, please email policy@cio.wisc.edu.

Forums / Events

  • The next IT policy forum will be in early August. Topic: TBD.

  • The previous IT policy forum was April 26. Topic: Digital Accessibility Policy.

Teams / Governance

Policy Planning & Analysis Team (PAT) and its subcommittees

  • PAT plenary meeting, May 4, Notes.

    • Review of draft UW System Perosnal Data Privacy Policy.
    • Small group exercise to check ability to classify data.
    • Review status of alignment with UW System policies.
    • The PAT meets on the first Friday of the month, 1:30-3:00 in Rm 3139 CS. You are welcome to attend.

  • PAT Communications Subcommittee meeting, May 16, Notes.

    • Review of the April 26 IT Policy Forum.
    • Discussion of "Guide pages" on the IT web site.
    • The PAT communications subcommittee meets on the third Wednesday of the month, 10:00-11:00, Rm 2281 CS. You are welcome to attend.

  • PAT Executive Committee meeting, May 18, Notes.

    • Receive preliminary reports from the IT Assets Subcommittee and the Encryption Subcommittee.
    • Planning for the Jun PAT plenary meeting.
    • The PAT Executive Committee meets on the third Friday of the month, 2:15-3:15, Rm 2147 CS. You are welcome to attend.

  • Other PAT Subcommittees:

    • Encryption Subcommittee: Making accelerated recommendations on alignment with UW System policy. 5/09 Notes. 5/16 Notes.

    • Incident Response Subcommittee: Review and revision of the UW-Madison Information Incident Reporting and Response Policy and procedures. 5/14 Notes. There will be a "table top exercise" in June to check the curent procedures. Next subcommittee meeting will be in July.

    • IT Assets Subcommittee: Making accelerated recommendations on the definition of goods and services for which the acquisition or contracting is subject to IT governance policies and procedures. 5/07 Notes. Next meeting is 5/23, 2:30-3:30, Rm 2281 CS.

    • Policy Impact Subcommittee: Estimating and communicating the impact of new or revised IT policies. Next meeting is waiting for feedback from IT governance on the analysis of the Network Firewall policy.

    • Policy Portfolio Subcommittee: Organizing and managing IT policies as portfolios of related policies. Next meeting will be Wed, May 30, 3:30-4:30, Rm 2147 CS.

  • Policy-related activity by other teams:

    • IAM Council: The team is newly formed. The first policy-related topic will be accelerated recommendations on alignment of the UW-Madison Password Standard with UW System policy. First meeting was May 2. Next meeting is May 24.

    • SETA Steering Committee: Team is forming. The first policy-related topic will be the SETA Implementation Plan.

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