{"id":87855,"date":"2014-12-16T15:52:41","date_gmt":"2014-12-16T20:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/?page_id=87855"},"modified":"2020-04-17T16:03:47","modified_gmt":"2020-04-17T20:03:47","slug":"device-security","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/desktop\/device-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Device Security"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\" bu-callout alignright\"><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"tw icon-mapmarker\"><\/span> Quick Start<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Available to:<\/strong> Faculty, Researchers, Staff, Departments<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cost:<\/strong> No charge<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>See <a href=\"#GettingStarted\">Getting Started<\/a>, below.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<p>IS&amp;T offers site licensed software, information, and support for securing your computer and protecting it from viruses and spyware. Encryption is required for any portable electronic device\u2014such as a notebook computer\u2014that contains or may contain Restricted Use Information. Restricted Use Information includes Social Security numbers, credit card numbers, financial account numbers, driver\u2019s license numbers, medical insurance information, and medical records (for full details, see the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/infosec\/policies\/data-protection-standards\/\" title=\"BU Data Protection Standards\">BU Data Protection Standards<\/a>).<\/p>\n<h2>Benefits<\/h2>\n<p>In the event that a device is lost or stolen, information on that device will be protected from unauthorized access. Regulations and laws that require the state and\/or individuals to be notified in the event of the loss of protected data provide safe harbor exemptions from those requirements if the device was fully encrypted. Thus, if an encrypted notebook containing Restricted Use Information is lost or stolen, BU would not be required to report that loss.<\/p>\n<h2>Key Features<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Site-licensed anti-virus and anti-spyware software<\/li>\n<li>Support pages that explain how to keep your computer safe<\/li>\n<li>Notebook registration through the BU Police Department<\/li>\n<li>Encrypts the hard drive to protect against unauthorized access to data in the event that the device is lost or stolen<\/li>\n<li>Provides a safety mechanism for access to the computer if the encryption key is lost<\/li>\n<li>Identify restricted use data on a device<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What to Expect<\/h2>\n<p>This service normally will be available 24 by 7 except for standard change windows, as described in <a href=\"\/tech\/about\/service\/change\/\">IS&amp;T\u2019s standard policies, procedures, and schedules for making changes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Assistance with key loss is provided through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/about\/help-center\/\" title=\"IS&amp;T Help Center\">IS&amp;T Help Center<\/a> and follows their hours of operation.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting Started<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Start with our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/desktop\/removal\/security\/safe-computing\/\">Safe Computing<\/a> page.<\/li>\n<li>Download free <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/desktop\/device-security\/endpoint-protection\/\">CrowdStrike Falcon<\/a> software. (BU login name and Kerberos password required)<\/li>\n<li>Learn about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/desktop\/removal\/security\/spyware\/\">spyware detection<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/desktop\/removal\/\">virus removal<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Learn how to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/police\/crime-prevention\/laptop-registration-with-stop\/\">register<\/a> your notebook with the BU Police.<\/li>\n<li>Identify restricted use data on your device using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/desktop\/encryption\/spirion\/\">Spirion<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/contact\/\">Contact us<\/a> for more information<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IS&#038;T offers site licensed software, information, and support for securing your computer and protecting it from viruses and spyware&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1356,"featured_media":0,"parent":12745,"menu_order":11,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"service.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/87855"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1356"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87855"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/87855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127342,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/87855\/revisions\/127342"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}