The Office of Information Technology Campus Network Upgrade A three year plan facilitating increased reliability, functionality and speed for the UTSA network.
The Office of Information Technology Project Overview and Benefits Process Core - Build new 10 Gigabit per second (Gb/s) MPLS core capable backbone network Backbone - Upgrade 20 Main Switches – Each typical campus building has 1 main switch providing backbone connectivity to all areas of the building. Access - Upgrade to top of rack 10 Gigabit per second (Gb/s) capable switch in each of the 150 building data closets Benefits Increased Speed Ability to provide Gigabit speeds to the desktop - While the default connectivity provided to end users remains at 100 Mb/s, the upgrade has provided a 10 Gigabits per second (Gb/s) backbone connection to each network closet within a building. This increased bandwidth will enable connection speeds of up to 1 Gb/s where required for research or other needs. Increased Flexibility Traffic engineering – The new MPLS network will allow UTSA to determine specific paths for network traffic which will provide greater security flexibility. VLANs – With the current network design, departmental networks are limited to a geographic area and may span multiple IP subnets. The new network will provide a wide range of options for extending networks across campus (VPLS, L3 VPN, etc.)
The Office of Information Technology Deployment Year 1 TaskDateStatus Product review and vendor selectionOctober January 2009Complete Network Planning and DesignFebruary May 2009Complete New core network deployed in parallel with existing UTSA network June 2009Complete AET Building on new networkAugust 2009Complete JPL building on new networkNovember 2009Complete Science building on new networkDecember 2009Complete Funding $1,597, /13/08 Status
The Office of Information Technology Deployment Year 2 TaskDateStatus Physical Plant Building on new networkFebruary 2010Complete Main Building on new networkMarch 2010Complete Bioscience Engineering Building on new network May 2010In Progress Business Building on new networkJuly 2010Scheduled University Center buildings on new network August 2010Scheduled Engineering Building on new networkSeptember 2010Scheduled Arts Building on new networkOctober 2010Scheduled Funding $1,475, /16/09 Status
The Office of Information Technology Deployment Year 3 TaskDateStatus MS Building on new networkFebruary 2011 HSS Building on new networkMarch 2011 BSA Building on new networkMay 2011 University Heights Building on new networkJuly 2011 Monterrey Building on new networkAugust 2011 Frio Building on new networkSeptember 2011 Durango Building on new networkOctober 2011 ITC Building on new networkOctober 2011 Requested Funding $1,485, Status
The Office of Information Technology Information Security Initiative
The Office of Information Technology Deployment Year 1 Senior Information Security Analyst Salary + benefits 2/1/09 – 8/31/09 - $42,000 Assist the Information Security Officer (ISO) in developing and implementing tools and applications needed to protect our networks and systems from internal and external threats Lead of Ediscovery program Information Security Trainer Salary + benefits 4/6/09 – 8/31/09 - $22,000 Computer systems to support the two new positions - $6000 Encase Acquition - $77,000 EnCase is forensic software used by many law enforcement agencies and corporations around the world to support civil/criminal investigations, network investigations, data compliance and electronic discovery. We use the product to support the Legal Office’s litigation cases. Currently we have 24 cases involving 186 personnel.forensic softwarelaw enforcement agencieselectronic discovery Rolled Over $110, to Year 2 Funding $256,364 10/13/08
The Office of Information Technology Year 1 Training Developed the ISO training program and presented to 790 personnel Outreach Activity# of SessionsTotal Number of Attendees New Employee Orientation (Classroom Style) Presentations to students (in class)11382 Presentations to UTSA community6125 Windows Administrator Class735 Protecting UTSA Data831 TOTALS54790
The Office of Information Technology Deployment Year 2 Senior Information Security Analyst and Information Security Trainer Salary + benefits - $134,000 Laptop Encryption Phase 1 - $42,000 UTSA President issued a mandate that affects every campus laptop user: all university- owned laptops will be encrypted. This mandate is in response to UT System Security Practice Bulletin #1 (PDF).mandateUT System Security Practice Bulletin #1 Will increase our Information Security Program Index Score Over 1000 laptops encrypted in Phase I Configuration and Asset Management Infrastructure for Window, Mac, and Linux systems - $60,000 Provides us the ability to manage the security of over 5000 desktops, servers and other computers and to discover in detail what software is loaded and functioning on each machine. Software is provided by UT System at no cost. Will increase our Information Security Program Index Score Funding $284,328
The Office of Information Technology Deployment Year 2 (Con’t) McAfee - $38,000 One year renewal for Anti-Virus software. Will be phased out by August 31, Is being replaced by Microsoft Forefront at no additional cost to the university Provides protection to over 5000 desktops, laptops and servers from malware introduced into those devices. Saint - $30,000 Provides UTSA a tool to conduct vulnerability assessments. Provides scans to meet Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance. (still negotiating) Assessments are required annually by the Department of Information Resources and UT System Will increase our Information Security Program Index Score Software Maintenance for EnCase - $12,000 Planning to roll over $75,000 to Year 3
The Office of Information Technology Deployment Year 3 Senior Information Security Analyst and Information Security Trainer Salary + benefits - $138,000 Software Maintenance for Encase ($12k), Saint ($3k), Arbor($5k) - $20,000 Network Access Control (NAC) – $64,000 Prevents computers from accessing the UTSA network until they’ve met certain conditions. This protects UTSA from malware being introduced into our network. Web Vulnerability Tool - $50,000 Provide UTSA the ability to scan our web sites for vulnerabilities. This reduces the chances of the web sites being hacked. Will increase our Information Security Program Index Score Laptop Encryption - $26,000 Phase II of Laptop encryption – Downtown Campus Laptop Encryption Tool for Macs Requested Funding - $288,555