Purpose of Reference Guide
To decrease costs and increase efficiency, Information Technology has developed this online reference guide for the management of IT resources on the University of Houston campus.
These guidelines:
- Establish a protocol to ensure the safety and security of EDP resources
- Establish prescribed minimum standards of security for computer hardware, software, and access security
- Describe assessment and analysis of risk related to the loss of data.
If your issue or question is not answered, please contact the IT Support Center at 713-743-1411.
The following are recommended for each College or Division.
- Departmental procedures for the self-assessment and analysis of risk.
- Departmental policies and procedures for the administration of EDP and Microcomputing resources.
- Departmental policies and procedures regarding the purchase of computer hardware and software. Departmental software purchasing procedures should be developed to ensure that all software is properly licensed.
- Security access controls for all departmental computer resources.
- Back-up and record retention procedures for financial and research data.
- Disaster recovery plans for all financial and research data.
IT is available for consultation upon request.