[Cst_pnt] Reboot after monthly Computer Maintenance Day

Kari Heffner heffner at jlab.org
Tue Nov 25 09:52:26 EST 2014


Dear All Costpoint Users,

You are receiving this email because your system is in the Business 
Service Network (BSN) or has access to it. The BSN is a highly protected 
network in JLAB that contains sensitive data. In order to be in the BSN 
network, every system is required to have all approved patches and 
updates installed in a timely manner. The IT department installs Windows 
patches and software updates on every third Tuesday night of the month 
as a part of the Computer Maintenance day. In order to ensure that the 
sensitive network is better protected, the IT department audits the 
results of patch installations on the following Thursday, and we are 
seeing systems that have not been patched in a reasonable timeframe. 
Unfortunately, if the system hasn't been rebooted after the patch 
installation, it's the same as not being installed. The system must be 
rebooted for the patches to be effective.

Most of the BSN users do promptly reboot their systems when they see the 
reboot request, but others do not, which makes the overall business 
services network less secure. The IT department is trying very hard to 
keep all systems safe, but we will need your cooperation as well. If you 
haven't rebooted your system since last week, please reboot your system 
as soon as possible. In general, please reboot your system as soon as 
you see the reboot request.

Thanks!
Kari



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