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Project Structure

The IT Division has engaged Blackwell Consulting Services to provide the expertise to guide this process through the months of October and November of this year. For more information see the section on BCS.

The Director of Information Technology Planning from the Office of the CIO (Debbie Justice) will be responsible for policy formulation, review and coordination with both internal departments (Users, Internal audit, University Police, the Office of Human Resources etc.) and external agencies (UNC Office of the President, state auditors, state police, FBI and the office of Homeland Security etc.) as needed.

She will work with Director of Networking, Operations, & Communications (Scott Swartzentruber) to develop the second tier rules, regulations and standards needed to enforce the technical aspects of the policies, and the Director of Applications, Development and Support (Edna Waldrop) to establish application and data protection policies and procedures.

These two departments will hire consultants and assign and train appropriate staff to actually install, implement and remove necessary security hardware and software on the campus.

This group will form the Computer Incident Response Team (CIRT) as outlined in the UNC NetStudy document (see link) to investigate, respond to, and communicate to the University any security issues that may arise in a timely fashion.

 
 
 
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