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Queen's UniversityServer Security Standards
Executive Summary
Many systems are built as server by faculty, staff, students and researchers throughout the Queen’s Campus in support of the mission of the University. This server standard provides a set of instructions in a checklist format to help guide afore mentioned University constituents who build and administer to secure their systems in an efforts to safeguard the confidentiality, integrity and availability of data and systems.
In the diverse and decentralized computing environment at Queen’s University, it is more critical to advise and create understanding for how to apply security standards on systems to ensure appropriate security is implemented.
The benefits and intent of this standard documents are:
- Minimize system downtime and interruption of University operations.
- Safeguard reputation and standing of the University.
- Safeguard the confidentiality, integrity and availability of data and systems especially critical services to the infrastructure of the University and faculties.
- Safeguard the integrity of research and data used for research.
Queen’s University IT staff have a responsibility to ensure that the systems that they have built or administer are adequately protected and the security standards applied are in accordance with the policies set out by the University and its administration. The Queen’s University Information Systems Security Policy outlines the responsibilities of department head (and directors and/or unit managers).
A special thank you to the Security Community of Practice: Server Security Standards Group who takes credit for establising and compiling these standard documents to provide to the Queen's community.
We hope that you will find the standard documents helpful and easy to follow
Thank you for making our University computing environments secure!
Resources
Server Hardening Check Lists Main Page (NetID login required)
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