When--Monday Morning at 4:00AM,
 
Why--1)about everyone is asleep, 2)Microsoft has usually fixed their broken patches by Sunday, 3)Full staff is coming in Monday in a couple of hours and 5) if it is a more serious issue I have all week to fix it, before ruining my weekend.
 
If you want to stagger you can do it manually or maybe by a script but not automatically with the GUI.
 
We also kick them weekly because if we are ever dealing with a virus outbreak I will be kicking them more often so I want them to be familiar with the process.
 
Martin Flagg

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We chose once a week on Thursdays at 5:00 AM.  This was the least busiest for our Help Desk staff and was always/usually after Cisco rules come out for Microsoft Patches.

 

If something Major comes out we will kick everyone.

 

todd

 

Todd Joyce
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Radford University - The Smart Choice
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Hi Everyone,

I work at Johnson & Wales University, and we are planning on clearing the certified device list every week.  I was wondering:  How often do you plan on clearing the certified device list?  The reason we are going with every week is because it will protect us from zero day exploits.  We also want the students to become used to logging in to have their systems scanned, getting the latest updates for Windows and AV dat files.  Last year we cleared the list every few months or so.....  and when it came time for students to go through the process again, many had forgotten how to do it and also, they would have a lot of updates to apply so it could be a long process.

My second question is: Is there a way to stagger clearing the certified device list?  For example, one res hall is cleared on Monday, the next on Tuesday, etc.  If anyone has any suggestions or ideas please let me know!

Thanks so much,

Mary

 

 

Mary Ide

Network Security Engineer

Johnson & Wales University

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