Based on the campus Departmental Security Contact Policy, each department must appoint a security contact, and one or more backup contacts, who can be notified in the event of a computer or network security incident. For efficiency, groups of departments may agree to share contacts.
System and Network Security (SNS) refers to a database of IP addresses and associated contact information when it needs to notify security contacts of any security issues regarding a computer under their responsibility. SNS now has available a new web-based application that allows security contacts to view, update, and maintain their own list of IP addresses and contact information.
To request access to this application for an existing security contact profile, or to create a new profile, designate one person as the "owner" of the security contact profile and send an email to with the following details:
- Department or Organization.
- The five-letter Org Node code associated with the department or organization (see: http://tools.ohr.berkeley.edu/lookup/orgtree.php).
- Profile owner's name.
- Profile owner's email.
- Security contact email (preferably an email list address).
If you are already part of a security contact email list composed of multiple groups and would like to separately maintain your own group's profile, indicate the larger email list that you are requesting to partition.
Once access to the application is granted, profile owners can grant to their team members, access rights to maintain the profile.
Refer to the campus Departmental Security Contact Policy for additional details about the security contact role and duties.