IT-Governance: March 2017

Blackboard inactive course duration on production server recommendation

As the result of Blackboard becoming more and more impacted by large amounts of data being stored, the need to keep the system agile and efficient was under discussion. After meeting with the ATDL committee, ITS has decided to recommend that only courses from the previous two complete academic years would be retained from the Blackboard production environment. Details of the recommendation were discussed within the Executive Committee in regards to the length of time the archives would be maintained as well as the process to be established to help faculty request archives. In conclusion, the recommendation was approved by unanimous decision, following a clear protocol for faculty to request archives.

Campus wide Phishing exercise and training update

In continuation from last month’s discussion, the CSUSB phishing exercise recommendation was once again brought up for discussion. The Institutional Review Board (IRB) reviewed the program and found it didn’t need approval as it was Not Human Subjects Research (NHSR). In response to the delivery of the program to users, the Executive Committee approved of the exercise. However, this approval was met in compliance of informing the various leadership committees throughout CSUSB about the program. The Phishing exercise is due to move forward with a pilot program of 100 faculty and staff across campus to share their results with the Executive Committee, eventually leading to proceed with the entire campus.