{"id":21310,"date":"2010-06-28T14:14:25","date_gmt":"2010-06-28T19:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/?page_id=21310"},"modified":"2026-08-14T10:41:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T14:41:17","slug":"policies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/about\/policies\/","title":{"rendered":"Policies"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 aria-hidden=\"true\">University Policies<\/h1>\n<p><!-- This h1 is not included in the accessibility tree and therefore ignored by the rule --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Information Security<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/policies\/acceptable-use-of-computing-services-policy\/\">Acceptable Use of Computing Services Policy<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/policies\/information-security\/information-security-policy\/\">Information Security Policy<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/policies\/information-security-home\/electronic-information-access\/\">Access to Electronic Information Policy<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/policies\/information-security-home\/network-security-monitoring\/\">Network Security Monitoring Policy<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/policies\/cyber-incident-response-policy\/\">Cyber Incident Response Policy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Regulated Data Policies<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/reg\/academics\/ferpa\/\">BU Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"title\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/policies\/finance\/pci-data-security-standards-for-accepting-credit-cards\/\">Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"title\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/policies\/information-security-home\/universal-identity-theft\/\"> Universal Identity Theft Policy<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/policies\/information-security-home\/safeguarding-information-gramm-leach-bliley-act\/\">BU Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act Safeguarding Program (GLBA)<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/policies\/hipaa-policies-for-health-care-providers\"><span>HIPAA Policy Manual &#8211; Privacy and Security of Protected Health Information for BU Healthcare Provider Covered Components<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/policies\/hipaa-policies-for-bu-health-plans\"><span>HIPAA Policies for BU Health Plans<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/researchsupport\/compliance\/human-subjects\/hipaa\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/researchsupport\/compliance\/human-subjects\/hipaa\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1493494920860000&amp;usg=AFQjCNED2Ynjdmdfg8HeyWuVRcHpav7ZvA\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HIPAA information for Charles River Campus Researchers<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/policies\/digital-privacy-statement\/\">Digital Privacy Statement<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>IS&amp;T Policies and Standards<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Information Security<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/policies\/information-security\/data-protection-standards\/\">Data Protection Standards\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Data Protection Standards &#8211; Additional Guidance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"title\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/about\/policies\/1-2-d-1-destruction-of-paper-records-and-non-erasable-media-cd-roms-dvds\/\">Destruction of Paper Records and Non-Erasable Media (CD-ROMs, DVDs)<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"title\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/about\/policies\/1-2-d-2-destruction-of-individual-files-on-reusable-media\/\">Destruction of Individual Files on Reusable Media<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"title\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/about\/policies\/1-2-d-3-securely-erasing-entire-reusable-storage-devices\/\">Securely Erasing Entire Reusable Storage Devices<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"title\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/about\/policies\/1-2-d-4-physically-destroying-reusable-storage-devices\/\">Physically Destroying Reusable Storage Devices<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/policies\/information-security\/data-protection-standards\/\">Data Protection Standards\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a title=\"Secure Data Center Access\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/policies\/data-center-security-standards\/\">Data Center Security Standards<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/policies\/vulnerability-management-standard\/\">Vulnerability Management Standard<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a>Vulnerability Management Procedure<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/about\/policies\/vulnerability-management-procedure\/\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/about\/policies\/google-drive-security-guide-for-ferpa\/\">BU Google Drive Security Guide for FERPA<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/about\/policies\/google\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BU Google Apps Acceptable Use and Data Security<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/about\/policies\/onedrive-security-guide\/\">BU OneDrive Security Guide<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/about\/policies\/microsoft-365-security-policy\/\">Microsoft 365 Security Policy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Other IS&amp;T Departments\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/about\/policies\/learning-management-system\/\">Learning Management System Policies<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/files\/2012\/06\/BU_Asset_Management_Policy_Guide.pdf\">BU Desktop Asset Management Policy Guide<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/about\/policies\/websites-disclaimer\/\">Disclaimer for Student and Personal Web Sites<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/policies\/information-security-home\/broadcast-email\/\" title=\"Broadcast Email\">Broadcast Email<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University Policies Information Security Acceptable Use of Computing Services Policy Information Security Policy Access to Electronic Information Policy Network Security Monitoring Policy Cyber Incident Response Policy &nbsp; 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