NACS has formed a new 3-person team, Network Planning and Security (NPS or NetPlanSec). NPS is active in a variety of ways to improve the safety and reliability of UCInet.
NPS runs periodic scans for vulnerable servers on campus before attackers do. They also regularly publicize security information and notify system administrators when weaknesses are discovered. Presently, NPS is implementing the campus firewall and Intrusion Detection System. (Details may be found in the Border Router article below.)
NPS staff Garrett Hildebrand, Mike Iglesias, and John Lenning are available for consulting, both one-on-one and in public forums, on such issues as network security, wireless networking and security, and network planning.
Finally, they participate in the UC Policy and Security Officers Group, to develop and assess UC system-wide strategies to resist “cyberterrorism.”