The Division of Information Technology will hold two town hall meetings to hear College community members’ concerns and suggestions for issues related to session timeouts for various computer systems. The meetings will be held:

• Friday, Dec. 8, 2 – 4 p.m., TIV 640
• Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2 – 4 p.m., TIV 442

In October, the President’s Cabinet approved a policy that allows the vice president for Information Technology to set timeout limits. Interim VP George Middlemist wants to give faculty, staff and students the opportunity to provide their suggestions before any timeout limit is set. The main systems that will be affected are Banner, e-mail and MetroConnect.

Stronger passwords
Stronger passwords will be required starting Jan. 2. Tips and training on creating strong passwords will be sent via e-mail in the near future.

Also after the break, you will notice that a password-protected screen saver will come up after 10 minutes of inactivity on Windows Admin1, MetroConnect and Banner.

Watch for articles about these and other MetroProtect security initiatives in @Metro.