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Security in 2007: No Surprises Here (Well Maybe a Few)
11/9/2007
The Office of Public Safety and the IT unit work together closely in what Voss said he views as a partnership. "We each do what we do best in close cooperation with the other." He cited the Emergency Operations Center or EOC as an example. IT worked closely with Public Safety in the design of the EOC and would be part of the facilities operation in the event of emergency. Similarly, IT provided technology support in the selection of a text messaging system to alert the campus in an emergency. To ensure that the two units are operating in coordination with each other and prepared to integrate emergency services, Nichols said he meets monthly with his counterpart in Public Safety. Voss said he sees the administrative convergence of physical and IT security in higher education as being similar to the once touted administrative convergence of libraries and IT. Sounds good in the abstract, but hasn't been widely adopted in higher education because the culture and, more importantly, the mission are too different.Viewed from that perspective, the question raised by the CDW-G survey is not about administrative convergence; it is about what a campus is or should be doing to ensure that all aspects of security are integrated in such a way to support the institutions mission.
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Doug Gale is president of Information Technology Associates, LLC (www.it associates.org) an IT consultancy specializing in higher education. He has more than 30 years of experience in higher education as a faculty member, CIO, and research administrator.
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