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The University authorizes the use of personal computing equipment to individual users and they are in turn charged with complying with published policies and standards and with taking responsibility for their appropriate use of the equipment. The following practices are required for each user of UTSA's computing resources:

Becoming familiar with Acceptable Use policies: http://www.utsa.edu/oit/policy/.

Not allowing unauthorized persons to use university-owned computers or accounts.

Utilizing strong passwords: http://www.utsa.edu/oit/std/sec_password_std.html

Installing only legally licensed software.

Keeping virus protection current. http://www.utsa.edu/oit/security/sec_anti_viruses.html

Not removing or rendering inactive software loaded onto the computer by OIT

Identifying and protecting confidential data on the computer so that special protection can be applied to protect the data. (For a definition of “confidential” see http://www.utsa.edu/oit/std/sec_data_classification_std.html).

Not using e-mail to transmit confidential data – e-mail is not always safe.

Taking care in not clicking on unfamiliar links to e-mails. Phishing, “social engineering” viruses and other scams are prevalent.

Taking special care with laptops and portable devices – the user is responsible for protecting them from theft.

Encrypting UTSA-owned laptops with a product that provides for whole disk encryption.

Following the University’s destruction procedures for storage media that are no longer in use.

Backed up data in a manner that provides for full restoration in the event of a disaster or outage. Backup media should be kept separate from the computer and the user must be able to restore data from the backups.

Reporting concerns about security or threats to a computer to  the Office of Information Security (oitconnect@utsa.edu), by telephone (458-5555) or by completing the Security Incident Form Online.

Effective Date:

Compliance Date:

Last Revision:

September 10, 2010