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IT Policy Activity, October 2016

Posted: 2016-09-29 08:00:00   Expiration: 2016-10-27 16:00:00

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New / Revised Documents

• None.

• See the Last Reviewed / Revised List for earlier activity.

Documents Currently Under Review

• Draft of "Cybersecurity Risk Management Policy and Procedures". Reviewed by UW-MIST on 09/01. More review needed in October and beyond.

• Draft of "Data Classification to Support System Security Policy and Procedures" (revision of the "Sensitive Information Definition").

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

Forums / Events

• Next IT Policy Forum, Tuesday, November 01, 09:30-11:00, Rm 159 Education Bldg, 1000 Bascom Mall. Topic: "Being an IT Professional at UW-Madison: Guidelines, Best Practices, and Advice".

• To comment, or suggest future topics, please email policy@cio.wisc.edu.

Teams / Governance

Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation Policy Team (CDM)

• Aug 04 UW-MIST meeting. CDM team delivered Interim recommendations on "monitoring".

• Oct 05 Notes.

  • Start discussing the "mitigation" portion of "monitoring and mitigation".
  • Identifiied themes. Top two were "Services" and "Operations". Organized sub-teams.

• Oct 19 Notes.

  • "Services" and "Operations" theme reports.
  • Prioritize remaining themes.
  • Respect for Academic Freedom and Personal Privacy.

• The CDM team is a sub-team of UW-MIST, and is advisory to the CISO and IT Governance. Anyone may attend. The team meets the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month, 3:00-4:00, Rm 2281 CS, and will complete its work by the end of December.

UW-Madison Information Security Team (UW-MIST)

• Sep 01 Notes.

  • Reviewed draft of "Charter for Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) Steering Committee".
  • Reviewed draft of "Cybersecurity Risk Management Policy and Procedures".

• Oct 06 Notes

  • Guest Speaker: Mike Lehman, Special Advisor to the Chancellor.
  • Cybersecurity Awareness Month presentation.
  • Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) Steering Committee report.

• UW-MIST is advisory to the CISO and IT Governance. Anyone may attend. Voting members are appointed. Faculty, staff and students at UW-Madison may join as members at large. Meetings are on the 1st Thursday of the month, 2:00-3:30.

Policy Planning Team (PPT)

• Sep 13 Notes.

  • Reviewed draft revision of "Access Control Services Policy and Procedures".
  • Reviewed draft of "Confidentiality Agreement for IT Staff" (text not yet ready for general review.)

• Sep 27 Notes.

  • IT Policy Communications -- itpolicy-announce list.
  • Comparison of five new UW System cybersecurity policies, with the related UW-Madison IT policies.

• Oct 11 Notes.

  • Possible relationship of PPT to new IT Governance.
  • Planning for Nov IT Policy Forum.

• Oct 25 Notes.

  • Relationships between multiple policy development programs.
  • Planning for Nov IT Policy Forum.

• The PPT is advisory to the CISO and CIO on issues related to IT Policy plans, process, and communications. Anyone one may attend. Faculty, staff and students at UW-Madison may join. Meetings are normally on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month.

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