Policy Governing Information Technology Services’ Staff Workstation

Information Technology Services: Departmental Policy
Requested by: Reid Christenberry
Drafted by: John Kinne, 8/22/03
Revised: 01/14/2004
Reviewed by: Committee including Holly Gage, Leah Hensley, John Andrea, Carrie Ledford
Reviewed by: Kathie Brinkman, William Custer
Approved by: Reid Christenberry on 01/14/2004

In order to ensure Information Technology Services’ staff work from secure workstations (with workstation being defined as any electronic device including but not limited to desktop computers, laptop computers, PDA’s) the following policy shall be adhered to.

1. Workstations used by Information Technology Services staff shall be properly protected by:
   1. Current/accepted operating system
   2. Anti-virus software.
   3. Firewall software.
   4. Current operating system security patches.
   5. Periodic inspection by software designed to detect nefarious programs.
      
      
2. This policy applies to all workstations used by IT Services staff (including home-based workstations whether university or personally owned) for which any of the following is true:
   1. The workstation is used for university business purposes.
   2. IT Services’ staff enters Miami university authentication credentials on the university or personally owned or other workstation, including:
      1. Miami UniqueID and MUnet password.
      2. Other UniqueIDs and/or passwords to access any university server or network hardware.
   3. Contain confidential material.
      
      
3. This security policy is governed by the Information Technology Services’ Policy on Information Technology Services’ Policy and Procedures as well as by Responsible Use of Computing Resources At Miami University and Miami University Computing Security Policy