BioCD-2005: Short Course in Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy of Proteins & Nucleic Acids

Cyber Security Requirements for Short-Term Guests

Target Audience: For those who will bring their own computers (laptops) and will not need a BNL Computer Account

For general Desktop support, please contact: itdhelp@bnl.gov or (631) 344-5522, BNL's Information and Technology Division (ITD) home page, http://www.bnl.gov/itd, or http://www.bnl.gov/cybersecurity/

Before coming to BNL
  • Make sure your machine is up-to-date with necessary critical updates or security patches. For Windows computers use Windows Update
  • Windows computers need to have up-to-date virus protection installed
While at BNL
  • ALL COMPUTERS OR OTHER NETWORK DEVICES MUST BE REGISTERED WITH BNL IF THEY ARE TO BE USED ON THE BNL NETWORK.


  • BNL REQUIRES PROPER PATCH LEVELS ON ALL COMPUTER SYSTEMS.


  • REASONABLE USE OF COMPUTERS

      Brookhaven allows the staff reasonable use of computing resources (for example, hardware, software, networks, and printers) for personal purposes unrelated to their work assignments. Such limited personal use is authorized for non-work-related activities if they satisfy the following criteria:
    • Do not interfere with official business needs.
    • Do not interfere with job performance, nor delay or compromise Brookhaven's projects.
    • Do not cause any significant costs to Brookhaven or the DOE.
    • Do not compromise information security in any way.
    • Do not involve illegal activities.
    • Are not related to business outside The Laboratory, or to any political enterprise.
    • Do not involve activities that could potentially embarrass Brookhaven or the DOE.


      • Personal Use of Computers:
    • The following examples of the personal use of computers constitute acceptable non-work-related activities that meet the criteria specified above. Should you wish to use the computer for other purposes that you believe are compatible with the criteria, before doing so please check with the Cyber Security Office who would be pleased to advise you.
    • Ongoing education, self-training, and professional development.
    • Personal correspondence and work on your own resume or those of family members.
    • Work for charities and non-political local community groups.
    • Good-taste Internet access.
    • Various researches, such as reading newspapers and magazine articles, checking airline prices and schedules and purchasing tickets, browsing sales catalogs, comparing prices of automobiles and obtaining road maps, and checking accounts in credit unions and retirement plans.
    • Work on personal finances (for example, preparing income taxes).


      • The following are some examples of inappropriate use of BNL resources and are strictly prohibited, This list should not be considered all-inclusive; please check with the Cyber Security Office about your proposed usage:
    • Supporting or accessing sites that promote hate language, harassments, or threats.
    • Supporting or accessing sites that ridicule others on the basis of race, creed, religion, sex, disability, nationality, or sexual orientation.
    • Creating, downloading, viewing, storing, copying, or transmitting sexually oriented material (e.g., pornography, child pornography).
    • Gambling.
    • Working for commercial purposes or supporting for-profit organizations or other outside employment or businesses.
    • Endorsing any product or service.
    • Participating in any partisan political activity.
    • Misleading someone into believing you are acting in an official capacity.
    • Hosting services (such as creating or storing web sites) for purposes not related to Brookhaven's work.
    • Using peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing services, such as Napster, Gnutella, KaZaA.
    • Using any software that allows your computer to be shared outside the Brookhaven firewall without first obtaining approval via the Cyber Security Management Information System.
    • Using Internet auction sites, such as eBay.
    • Creating and/or forwarding of chain letters and mass mailings.
    • Violating license and other computer-related contract provisions - particularly those that expose The Laboratory to legal costs or damages.
    • Using software, such as password-cracking tools, vulnerability scanners, and network sniffers, without the express written consent of the Chief Cyber Security Officer (CCSO).

  • CONNECTING TO THE BNL NETWORK
      Only Guests, Contractors and BNL Employees with BNL (photo ID) badges are permitted:
    • Access to the internal BNL network from inside BNL
    • Access between the internal BNL network and the Internet

  • GETTING STARTED
      The following information contains links viewable only from BNL's internal network. You should review this information once you are on site.
    • Configure your computer for DHCP
    • If static IP is needed, request a permanent IP address via IP Registration
    • Register your machine via Network Access Registration webpage. For more information see Network Access Registration Homepage (DHCP users should be automatically redirected to the Registration webpage)
    • Make sure your machine is up-to-date with necessary critical updates or security patches. For Windows computers use Windows Update
    • Windows computers with "no" up-to-date virus protection, may temporarily install Trend Micro Anti-virus client while at BNL
    • Run a localNessus scan of you computer to check for major vuneribilies
    • To browse Internet web pages, set web browser for web proxy server
    • FTP between internal BNL network and the Internet, use perimeter FTP proxy See section - GUI Based FTP Clients