diff --git a/group_vars/default/base.yml b/group_vars/default/base.yml
index 3c4ffa8..eafad7f 100644
--- a/group_vars/default/base.yml
+++ b/group_vars/default/base.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ timezone_location: Canada/Eastern
 # Cluster domain for node FQDNs
 local_domain: upstream.local
 
+# Email address of the manager of the cluster
+manager_email: team@company.tld
+
 # DNS recursive servers and search domains for nodes
 recursive_dns_servers:
   - 8.8.8.8
diff --git a/roles/base/templates/etc/issue.j2 b/roles/base/templates/etc/issue.j2
index e7f1f4f..542cc54 100644
--- a/roles/base/templates/etc/issue.j2
+++ b/roles/base/templates/etc/issue.j2
@@ -1,4 +1,20 @@
-Parallel Virtual Cluster node \n \l
 
-Base system: Debian GNU/Linux {{ debian_version }} "{{ debian_codename }}"
+  ███████████████████████ █████           █████ ███████████  ██  ██  ██
+  ███████████████████████  █████         █████  ███████████  ██  ██  ██
+                     ████   █████       █████   ████
+                     ████    █████     █████    ████
+  ███████████████████████     █████   █████     ████
+  ███████████████████████      █████ █████      ████
+  ███                           █████████       ███████████████████████
+  ███                            ███████        ███████████████████████
+
+
+                   Parallel Virtual Cluster (PVC) Node
+
+  Node name:    {{ ansible_fqdn }}
+  Cluster name: {{ cluster_group }}
+  Managed by:   {{ manager_email }}
+  Base System:  {{ ansible_lsb.description }}
+
+  UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS IS PROHIBITED. ALL LOGIN ATTEMPTS WILL BE LOGGED.