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> 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
by Eridrus 11y ago
> 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.
- Symbiote 11y agoThere 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 https://technology.berkeley.edu/about