What are the risks?
Illegal penetration of IT networks and systems to obtain proprietary and, in some cases, sensitive intellectual property (IP) continues to be a highly significant concern for both U.S. Government agencies and industry partners. Scenarios of concern include unqualified or unreviewed permission to gain remote international access to university servers; laptops used in international travel; data security requirements associated with federal defense and DOE contracts; unauthorized access to High Performance Computing capabilities; unqualified/unreviewed access to information systems granted to temporary visitors on campus or non-institutional research collaborators; and receipt of software programs from international sources that enable data penetration.
FIU’s Response
In response to these concerns and pursuant to FIU’s Information Security policies, FIU deploys several best-in-class safeguards to protect the university’s information technology systems at the enterprise IT level and at the college and administrative unit levels.
However, procedural safeguards alone are not entirely sufficient to prevent unauthorized access to data systems: it remains up to all FIU personnel to responsibly manage their respective IT resources across research, academic and business/operational activities.