Departmental Self Review - UCLA Academic Senate

to fold some basic IT duties currently being handled by senior programmers into a new grantsupport position.Needed future resources will include:Description$$$ Projection.30 FTE of grant support Programmer/Analyst I for security overflow. $12,000SSL Certificate (Wildcard) per year $350Barracuda Spam Prevention Appliance $5,000*Replacement Firewall (currently in capital replacement plan) $10,000*Equipment will need to be replaced on a three year cycle from capital replacement funds.Evaluation Methodology:Security requires a multifaceted evaluation approach. Information systems security is an iterativeprocess, with multi-layered defenses constantly evolving to meet new threats. Security incidentssuch as virus outbreaks, hacking activity, and denial-of-service incidents can be tracked and usedto identify areas in need of improvement – but this requires such incidents to take place. Anothermethod is to compare school security systems with other academic units and with ‘best practice’standards.Timeline: Next 5 Years.Initiative Three: Deployment of Integrated Groupware.The School of Nursing has been running a simple email system for over ten years that has givenoutstanding service at a bargain price. Over the next five years however, a more sophisticatedgroupware system will need to be deployed that can offer advanced email services, calendaring,contact management, and collaboration systems to school users. These services will come atadditional cost, as the current system is extremely efficient and requires very few resources tooperate and remarkably little staff time to administer.Currently there are only a few groupware vendors, and a review earlier this year by a campuscommittee was unable to identify any available system as being clearly superior. Three possibleoptions exist:1) Deploy a new school email/calendaring system.2) Utilize the new campus email system when available.3) Utilize the MCCS Exchange system.Since the current Pegasus/Mercury email system is freeware, and requires very little directmaintenance and support, all these options will involve the dedication of additional resources andstaff time for effective deployment and maintenance.282