UC Berkeley profs lambast new “black box” network monitoring hardware

Re:UC Berkeley profs lambast new “black box” network monitor... by Eridrus on Monday February 08, 2016 @01:34AM (#11056659)

> If this is true, there's absolutely no reason why Berkeley can't hire competent infosec folks to handle it all internally, especially considering they have a lot of smart students in the field.

University IT tends to be super fragmented with each department having their own IT. It was probably a lot simpler to contract it out than try and build a central org... and infosec people ain't cheap these days.

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Re:UC Berkeley profs lambast new “black box” network monitor... by Symbiote on Monday February 08, 2016 @04:05AM (#11057087)

There will still be a central IT group, who provide services like the backbone network, university-wide email, authentication etc.

Presumably this department: https://technology.berkeley.edu/about

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