Re: Staff Directory on Web

[Sidharth Nandury <nandurys () DENISON EDU>]

We had a very brief conversation about this, which sparked from one of the
IT staff email being used for malicious purposes. We have not taken a
particular action yet, but there was a conversation about using an alias
email on the web pages, which still provides contact information and
so-called "good" marketing, but also provides some buffer.

Sid

On Thu, Jun 24, 2021 at 1:56 PM Barton, Robert W. <bartonrt () lewisu edu>
wrote:

> Afternoon,
>
> There is a little debate going here on IF our directory of employees
> (name, number, email, department) should be available to the web.  One side
> looks at it as we are being transparent, and it is good "marketing".  The
> other side is looking at it like we are releasing to much information
> (making it easier for a hacker to find targets) and making it easy for
> SPAMers.  Has anybody had this conversation before?  Anybody have an
> article that says one or the other?
>
> As I search around, I'm seeing colleges/universities that go both ways.
>
> Robert W. Barton
> Executive Director of Information Security & Policy
> Lewis University
> 1 University Parkway
> Romeoville, IL  60446-2200
> 815-836-5663
>
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