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Desktop lockout policy
We are looking to implement a campus-wide policy that will lock a computer after 20 or 30 minutes of inactivity. Our faculty would like to know how many colleges have a similar policy. Could you please respond to me if you have a similar policy and if there is something we need to know as we go in this direction?
The catalyst for this has been the financial auditors who are recommending we tighten our security on campus owned computers.
Thanks
Peter
Pradeep (Peter) Saxena
Associate VP for Information Technology and CIO
Roberts Wesleyan College and Northeastern Seminary
Rochester NY
(585) 594-6430
saxenap@roberts.edu
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Connecticut College
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We almost had a war with our faculty when we tried to do that. We even tried fingerprint readers to speed up logon times. We ended up settling on 75 minutes. We have PCs in admin offices set to 30 minutes.
Chip
Chip Eckardt
CIO
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
105 Garfield Ave.
Eau Claire, WI 54701
Phone 715-836-4636 ext. 362381
eckardpp@uwec.edu
Our desktops lock after 5 minutes. It’s a little annoying, but manageable. 10 minutes might be a better choice. Longer lockouts are easier on staff, but they become pointless pretty quickly. Lockouts are supposed to prevent people from sitting down and using someone else’s PC/account/session. If the lockout is 20 or 30 minutes the computer will be unlocked most of the time while staff are away from their desks.
Regards,
Steven Alexander Jr.
Online Education Systems Manager
Merced College
3600 M Street
Merced, CA 95348-2898
(209) 384-6191
alexander.s@mccd.edu
We use 15 min
Respectfully,
Mark Scott
VP of Innovation and Technology, CTO
Freed-Hardeman University | 158 E. Main St. | Henderson, TN 38340
731-989-6002 | mscott@fhu.edu | Twitter: http://twitter.com/m_scott
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>>> SaxenaP 11/01/12 1:52 PM >>>
We are looking to implement a campus-wide policy that will lock a computer after 20 or 30 minutes of inactivity. Our faculty would like to know how many colleges have a similar policy. Could you please respond to me if you have a similar policy and if there is something we need to know as we go in this direction?
The catalyst for this has been the financial auditors who are recommending we tighten our security on campus owned computers.
Thanks
Peter
Pradeep (Peter) Saxena
Associate VP for Information Technology and CIO
Roberts Wesleyan College and Northeastern Seminary
Rochester NY
(585) 594-6430
saxenap@roberts.edu
********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.Faculty – 20 minutes
Staff – 20 minutes
Labs – Varies per lab and computer. Some have no timeout but most have a 100 minute timeout.
James Farr