{"id":28866,"date":"2024-12-17T11:04:28","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T16:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=28866"},"modified":"2024-12-17T11:04:29","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T16:04:29","slug":"it-standard-on-endpoint-security-administration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2024\/12\/17\/it-standard-on-endpoint-security-administration\/","title":{"rendered":"IT Standard on Endpoint Security Administration"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IT_article1a.jpg\" alt=\"IT security experts working on computers. Image generated by DALL-E.\" class=\"wp-image-28868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IT_article1a.jpg 600w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IT_article1a-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IT_article1a-400x266.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image generated by DALL-E.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In early December, U-M shared the university\u2019s IT standard on Endpoint Security Administration with our IT community, which formalizes previous <a href=\"https:\/\/safecomputing.umich.edu\/protect-the-u\/manage-um-workstations\/endpoint-protection-guidance\">guidance<\/a> to help units meet requirements around protecting our institution\u2019s valuable digital assets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/it.umich.edu\/information-technology-policies\/general-policies\/DS-23\">Endpoint Security Administration (DS-23)<\/a> standard addresses:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Broad implementation of enterprise-enhanced endpoint protection (CrowdStrike Falcon)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adherence to the principle of least functionality&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Inventory of university-owned systems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The standard is accompanied by <a href=\"https:\/\/safecomputing.umich.edu\/protect-the-u\/manage-um-workstations\/endpoint-protection-guidance\">comprehensive guidance<\/a> on meeting endpoint protection requirements that span <a href=\"https:\/\/it.umich.edu\/information-technology-policies\/it-standards\">IT standards at U-M<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The standard and guidance are the result of extensive joint work by a group of Security Unit Liaisons, ITS Information Assurance experts, and IT Policy team members. In the new year, ITS will continue collaborating with university partners on the revision of IT policies and standards to align with the current state of technology, threat environment, and best cybersecurity practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Be sure to visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/it.umich.edu\/information-technology-policies\/policies-under-review\">Policies and Standards Under Review webpage<\/a> to stay up-to-date on upcoming changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IT standard on endpoint security administration will allow units to promote and require important measures for protecting the university\u2019s valuable digital assets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":173,"featured_media":28868,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27,4],"tags":[1092,63],"class_list":["post-28866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-safe-computing","category-features","tag-it-security","tag-policy"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IT_article1a.jpg",600,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IT_article1a-400x266.jpg",400,266,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IT_article1a-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IT_article1a.jpg",600,400,false],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IT_article1a.jpg",600,400,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IT_article1a.jpg",600,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IT_article1a.jpg",600,400,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IT_article1a-200x140.jpg",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IT_article1a-60x42.jpg",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IT_article1a-600x300.jpg",600,300,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IT_article1a.jpg",600,400,false],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IT_article1a-400x250.jpg",400,250,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Svetla Sytch, ITS Privacy Office","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/ssytch\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"IT standard on endpoint security administration will allow units to promote and require important measures for protecting the university\u2019s valuable digital assets.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/173"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28866"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28866\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28869,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28866\/revisions\/28869"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}