Last Fall, Dr. Bruno, Vice Provost for Information and Educational Technology, initiated an Advanced Technology Project (ATP) to develop recommendations for the role and functions of the computing and network intrusion detection technology and practices. Over the spring of 2002, the ATP team, which includes individuals from IET and campus units, met with a broad selection of groups and individuals with expert knowledge of some aspect of the intrusion detection field. Included were researchers from the UC Davis Computer Science Department Security Lab, the campus Associate Campus Counsel, various IDS vendors, and information technology staff at UC Davis and other UC campuses. The ATP team recently published its report. The report discusses network and host IDS operation and use, legal implications of IDS use and how other campuses have deployed IDS technology. The report outlines a recommended campus IDS strategy that includes the limited use of network IDS and more aggressive use of centrally managed host-based IDS. The final report is available online.

The IT Security Coordinator is exploring the possibility of sponsoring a security symposium for system administrators next spring or summer. The Security Coordinator will soon be forming a small program committee to define and develop specific training objectives and content for the symposium. Participants will include members from the campus technology support community. Symposium enrollment will be extended to attendees from other UC campuses.

In July, the campus implemented anti-virus filtering for all email processed by the campus central email servers. Under this new program, about 20 million email messages are inspected each month. Those messages with virus attachments are identified and deleted, and a deletion notification is returned to the apparent email originator. This notification is accompanied by a suggestion that the source computer be inspected to ensure it has not been infected by a computer virus. Initial virus statistics revealed over 50,000 virus-infected emails identified during the implementation month of July and over 130,000 in August. Starting in late August, IET extended email anti-virus services and software to campus units that operate independentemail servers. Campus units may also choose to independently acquire and install anti-virus software for unit email servers. Several campus units have taken this approach for some time.

Following problems reported with the Alta Vista search engine, the campus is researching possible alternatives. In the meantime, the campus has transitioned to using Google's free search engine.

The Advanced Technology Project on investigating the implementation of a workflow infrastructure for campus systems has been completed. A report with workgroup recommendations is available online.

The Student Affairs Document Management Project team, released a Request for Proposal for a new Document Management System in late August and is expecting to receive proposals by the end of September.

UC Davis staff from the Enterprise Directory Services project recently visited with UCLA staff and discussed the functional and technical architecture of their "University ID system." The UC Davis team hopes to model its Registry on the UCLA system.

Several new policies are being drafted to address specific elements of the new Electronic Communications Policy. These policies include the World Wide Web, mass messaging, email communications with students, and campus wireless. For more details, see the attached document.

The MyUCDavis development team continues to develop new features and functionality for the popular campus Web portal. These include a new proxy feature, the addition of Materiel Management services, updated Web browser requirements, and the development of a Quiz Builder module. For more information on these enhancements, see the attached article.

A new oversight committee has been formed to provide direction and leadership for the ongoing development and maintenance of MyUCDavis, the campus enterprise portal.