Nazareth College creates, collects, maintains, uses and transmits confidential information, including Personally Identifiable Information (PII) relating to individuals associated with the College, including, but not limited to, applicants, students, parents, alumni, employees and vendors. The College is committed to protecting the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of this information against inappropriate access and use. To that end, the Information Security Group (ISG) was established in 2011 to partner with the Nazareth community to provide ongoing proactive security policies, procedures and education and to promote a general culture of security awareness.

This policy and associated procedures and standards provide direction for information security in accordance with College requirements and relevant laws and regulations. Nazareth College information security practices are designed to promote and encourage appropriate use of information assets. They are not intended to prevent, prohibit, or inhibit the sanctioned use of information assets as required to meet the College's core mission and campus academic and administrative purposes.

In adopting this Policy, the College strives to help all College community members to understand the definition of confidential information and their obligations and individual responsibilities. The College will provide appropriate training and education that will enable the College community to comply with the intent and the specifications laid out by the Policy.

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It is your responsibility to ensure that you have a warranty service provision for your computer. Nazareth employees will not be in a position to service your computer or install devices/software for you.

Nazareth College has an approved policy of restricting access to certain web sites or web resources for two specific reasons:

• If it is expected that permitting access to these sites or resources will create a substantial load (excessive bandwidth usage) on the institution's internal network or Internet access conduit, and the resource that is being accessed has limited educational benefit. Examples of this kind of site are high volume music download sites, and personal videoconferencing or voice communications.
• If the Internet site or resource requires that special ports be opened in the institution's firewall, thereby creating added security risks for unauthorized intrusions. Again, this is for sites or resources that have limited educational benefit. Examples of this kind of site are some highly interactive computer games.

The college does not currently restrict access to sites based on content or on potential copyright issues. It is, however, incumbent upon every individual using Nazareth College resources to adhere to the Nazareth College Computing Code of Conduct, which includes issues related to content and copyright.

Since the college's network and internet connection are shared by many, and the costs of providing "unlimited" bandwidth are very high, it is felt that this policy provides the best balance between openness and functionality, and affordability.

Due to the increasing number of computer viruses and spyware infections, IT Services expects that ALL computers brought to campus have anti-virus/anti-spyware software installed and you keep the software updated regularly. A subscription may be required to keep your software updated. Please be aware that IT Services reserves the right to disconnect student computers from the campus network if they are found to be infected with a computer virus. The College's current standard for anti-virus software is Symantec Endpoint, but other industry-standard packages (McAfee, Kaspersky,etc) are also acceptable.

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