Title: University Logon Banner Standard
Approved by: Office of the President
Date approved by President or Board of Trustees: August 30, 2007
Effective date: August 30, 2007
Responsible Official: Chief Information Security Officer
Responsible University Office: UTech Security and Policy
Revision History: 2
Related legislation and University policies:
Review Period: 3 Years
Date of Last Review: August 13 , 2024
Relates to: University IT infrastructure and systems
Summary
The CWRU logon banner policy standardizes the implementation of logon banners for IT systems in the University's computing environment.
Purpose
This policy applies to all information technology systems that process information at Tier 2 and Tier 3. This also applies to all systems that use the CWRU network infrastructure.
All IT systems that display a user login which is visible to the general public shall display the University's login banner. The banner notifies any person encountering or using CWRU IT resources of the requirement to adhere to the CWRU Acceptable Use Policy. The banner also serves to notify any person who accesses a CWRU system of the private nature of our networked environments, and that monitoring is taking place to ensure authorized use only.
Network Applications and General Desktop Use
The standard login banner is:
Warning!
This is a private system. Unauthorized access to or use of this system is strictly prohibited. By continuing, you acknowledge your awareness of and concurrence with the Acceptable Use Policy of Case Western Reserve University. Unauthorized users may be subject to criminal prosecution under the law and are subject to disciplinary action under University policies.
It is understood that not all warning banner implementations will support a direct linkage to the Acceptable Use Policy, but for web-service based logins, the banner shall include the hyperlink in the text.
Responsibility
Systems administrators are responsible for implementing warning banners where applicable in their systems. This includes, for example, remote access banners for ssh, ftp, or other services.
Definitions
Banner: a text display message that is presented to a user via either the graphical or command line interface.