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June 21, 2006, 03:50 PM ET
Security Seems to Be the Hardest Word
Roderick J. McDavis, the president of Ohio University, has apologized to faculty and staff members for a string of embarrassing hacking incidents that have plagued the institution this year (The Chronicle, May 12). And to prove that he’s serious about computer security, Mr. McDavis has pledged to ask the university’s board of trustees for up to $2-million to shore up Ohio’s ravaged network.
The security breaches—which were disclosed in the past two months, but which date back to early 2005—already prompted Mr. McDavis to reorganize the university’s computer services and to place three information-technology officials on indefinite leave (The Chronicle, June 2). But that may not have been enough to assuage the university’s faculty, which issued a vote of no confidence last week against Mr. McDavis. (Most faculty members cited other factors—including campus scandals and a salary dispute—as catalysts for the vote.)
So Mr. McDavis issued an official apology by e-mail Monday, according to the Associated Press. “We hold ourselves fully accountable,” the note said.
Categories: Security, Leadership
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