Re: PCI Wireless Question for other colleges/universities

[Kevin Reedy <KReedy () EXCELSIOR EDU>]

Hi Tim,

I'm a little curious why you feel you have any PCI burden with a vendor
that is not affiliated?  Any exposure would be on them, with possible
backlash being negative press for you because of selecting them.

I don't see how the PCI burden transfers from vendor to host, that would be
like an ISP being held responsible for a breach that occurred over the
internet.

-Kevin



From:   "Carroll, Tim" <Carrolltd () ROANESTATE EDU>
To:     SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU,
Date:   01/25/2016 03:53 PM
Subject:        Re: [SECURITY] PCI Wireless Question for other
            colleges/universities
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The previous advice you received is all correct.  The only thing I would
add is how you handle vendors who come on campus temporarily and want to
use your network to process their payments.  We handled this by requiring
them (by policy and language on contracts) to use their own networks such
as a cellular wireless point.

Regards,

Tim
Tim Carroll
Assistant Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Information Technology
Roane State Community College
carrolltd () roanestate edu
865-882-4560

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mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Paul Chauvet
Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 1:05 PM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] PCI Wireless Question for other colleges/universities

Hello all,

I’m wondering how other colleges/universities handled a specific PCI
requirement, 11.1.2, regarding unauthorized wireless access points.  We
have a few areas with payments going over wireless, but
even if we changed things to not use wireless for payments, it appears that
this requirement is applicable.

We have taken appropriate steps to secure the terminals/computers, and had
a skilled penetration testing company that was completely unable to break
through to the payment terminals (or even through the network
segmentation).  We also have scanning in place that can detect rogue access
points.  I believe that the systems are secure but security isn’t
compliance.

In this day and age where anyone can turn their phone into an access point,
there are always a number of them, most of them being transient.  What have
other colleges done when faced with these situations?  We’re not a huge
school that can afford the staff that it would take to go hunt the
transient access points down.

I’d appreciate anything you can share on- or off-list about this scenario.

Thanks,

Paul Chauvet
Information Security Officer
State University of New York at New Paltz
chauvetp () newpaltz edu
845-257-3828
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