{"id":491,"date":"2019-04-04T15:56:40","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T14:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unseenit\/?p=491"},"modified":"2019-04-04T15:56:40","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T14:56:40","slug":"the-information-security-policy-in-a-nutshell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unseenit\/the-information-security-policy-in-a-nutshell\/","title":{"rendered":"The Information Security Policy in a Nutshell"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>What is it?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>This policy sets out Kent\u2019s position on Information Security.<\/li>\n<li>It is approved by the Council and applies to everyone at the University &#8211; Staff, Student, Post-Grad Researcher etc.<\/li>\n<li>Applies to electronic data, paper records and any other medium used to store information.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Reasons for having the Policy<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>A statement on the value of information to both the University and the individual.<\/li>\n<li>Identifies key responsibilities for defining and implementing the policy.<\/li>\n<li>Directly supports other University policies.<\/li>\n<li>Supported by underlying policies, procedures and regulations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What does the Policy actually mean?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The University will protect information in compliance with UK law and best practice.<\/li>\n<li>Controls will be configured to protect information from loss, theft or malicious change.<\/li>\n<li>Guidance will be provided on safe use of IT systems and information handling.<\/li>\n<li>The IT Systems will be updated regularly, and monitored for unusual activity.<\/li>\n<li>All users have a responsibility to help keep information secure<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Security is for life, not just for work.<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Criminals don\u2019t just target the University. You can make your online activities at home safer by following advice you get at work.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t be afraid to ask.<\/li>\n<li>If something looks suspicious, or you think you have clicked on something you shouldn\u2019t have, please contact the IT Service Desk or your local IT support.<\/li>\n<li>You will not be in trouble, we just want to help.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Further information:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Full policy can be read at:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/governance\/policies-and-procedures\/documents\/Information-security-policy-v1-1.pdf &#8211; or search for it from the Kent website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is it? This policy sets out Kent\u2019s position on Information Security. It is approved by the Council and applies to everyone at the University &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unseenit\/the-information-security-policy-in-a-nutshell\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56413,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[122],"tags":[197220,147323,264],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unseenit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unseenit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unseenit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unseenit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56413"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unseenit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=491"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unseenit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":496,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unseenit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491\/revisions\/496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unseenit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unseenit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unseenit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}