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Recent News

The Compensating Controls & Exceptions Form is up

Here are the Compensating Controls & Exception process submision forms for the UCSS.

GeoTrust SSL Certificate Purchasing Explained

Instructions on how to order SSL Certificates through GeoTrust can be found on this page

Security Boot Camp outline up for comment

The CIO Security Group is developing an "Information Security Boot Camp" program that will be taught later this year. Comment on the proposed outline is encouraged during development. Check out the basic outline here

Check the Blackhole List

To see the current Blackhole listing click here

Report an Incident

To report a security breach or other security incident send an email to Security@osu.edu

Critical Server Standard Registration

Units are required to register all critical servers with CIO Security. Technical staff must register all IP addresses and 24/7 contact information for the administrators who are responsible for the servers.

Directions for Completing the Critical Server Form

Primary Server Administrator Name:

Primary Server Administrator e-mail address:

Primary Administrator's OSU Internet Username (name.#)

Contact phone number where primary administrator can be reached:

(at least one of the following must be supplied)
Desk Phone:
Home Phone:
Cell Phone:

University Department/College?:

Critical Server role (Select 1 or more):

Server Contains Restricted Data
Server Contains Financial Mission Critical Data
(if the financial data is restricted please select both boxes)
Server Role Impacts Reputation of Department
Local Department Defines server as Critical for internal reasons
Web Server
Database Server

Primary IP Address for server:

Additional interface IP Addresses:

If the server hosts restricted data what forms of restricted data are stored/served from it?:

Additional contact information regarding critical server.
(Optionally you may include multiple points of contact or administrators for the server):

Any additional information you would like to note about the server including a description, etc can be entered here: