TAG Meeting November 6, 2013 2:00pm-2:50pm
Attendees:
Paul Cutrufello, Kim Daniloski, Dave Dzurec, Jim Franceschelli, Eugeniu Grigorescu, Andrew LaZella, Kristen Yarmey
1. Brief Reports
Desire2Learn (Eugeniu)
Eugeniu (CTLE) and Connie Wisdo (ITDA) sent an email to all-faculty detailing the schedule and plan for our LMS conversion from Angel to Desire2Learn. CIO Jerry DeSanto would be joining Eugeniu and Connie for a presentation to Faculty Senate scheduled for November 8. CTLE will host Desire2Learn showcases for faculty on Monday, November 11 (3:00 – 4:00pm) and November 12 (4:00 – 5:00pm) in Brennan 228. CTLE has also scheduled several Desire2Learn training workshops for faculty.
Identity Finder (Kristen)
Adam Edwards (Information Security) and Joe Dreisbach went to a recent IRB meeting to discuss options for encrypting research data to better ensure subject confidentiality. Adam proposed two tools (TrueCrypt and Identity Finder’s built-in Audit Vault) as options, though if possible he would like to settle on one as a campus standard. Adam asked Bryan Burnham to try both tools and report back with any issues or concerns. [Update 2014-07-03: Support for TrueCrypt has been discontinued, so Information Security no recommends using 7Zip for encrypting sensitive or confidential data.]
TAG members have been piloting automated Identity Finder scans, which are running each Friday at noon. No TAG members had experienced any performance issues. However, Kristen is concerned that the scans are essentially invisible to the user – that is, there is neither notification prior to the scan beginning nor confirmation with report results at the conclusion of the scan. She would like users to be able to see a log of the scans and results from their computers (even if only on an opt-in basis). Adam is looking into this. Ordinarily, users do not know their scan results – Adam meets one-on-one with users, based on how high the risk is (e.g., large number of hits for PII – personally identifiable information – especially if stored in unsecured folders or applications like Dropbox = higher risk).
Adam has offered to give a demonstration of Identity Finder so that faculty can better understand what Information Security sees in the reports and how they work. TAG members present decided to ask for a small TAG demo first, after which we will determine whether or not a demonstration should be given to the full Faculty Senate. Kristen will contact Adam to schedule a TAG demo in December.
2. Items for Discussion
Budget Priorities – Specialized Software and Labs
At our October meeting, we talked about gathering faculty feedback relating to specialized software an computer labs, to better prepare for future discussions about budgeting priorities. We decided in October to compose a survey for faculty members. We spent much of the November meeting working on a draft of the survey, which will ideally be disseminated to all faculty on or around November 13 (such that results can be shared with Information Resources by early December). Kristen will send the revised survey draft to all TAG members for further comment and review.
Jeremy Brees (in absentia) had suggested that TAG give the academic deans a heads-up about the survey, since it may prompt questions from faculty. Jeremy, Paul, Dave, and Kristen will talk to their respective deans prior to the survey being sent out.
Adjournment
The meeting adjourned at 3:00pm. This was our final scheduled meeting for Fall 2013. Kristen and Dave will coordinate scheduling for Spring 2014 meetings.
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