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Southwestern
Community College - Policies and Procedures Manual |
| Procedure
Title: |
Backup
and Protection of Electronic Data |
3.12.1 |
| Responsible
Division: |
Information
Technology & Telecommunications |
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| Date
Approved: |
January
2006 |
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| 1. |
Southwestern
Community College houses the majority of the
College file and application servers and backbone
telecommunications equipment in the College
Data Center. The room is secured by a cipher
lock and access is controlled and monitored
by the IT staff. The Data Center is environmentally
controlled for correct temperature and humidity
and is also equipped with a generator backup
in case of commercial power failure. |
| 2. |
In
addition to the databases being physically
secure, network access to the files is restricted
via the use of virtual private networks (VLANs)
that keep administrative databases and records
on separate logical networks that are isolated
from student networks and public access terminals.
Additionally, secure and encrypted passwords
are issued to all network users through Novell’s
Directory Services (NDS). In other words,
network users must first authenticate to the
network infrastructure before gaining access
to another login level that facilitates access
to sensitive database information. |
| 3. |
Daily
backups are performed on all database and
application servers and the backup process
occurs over a fiber optic connection to a
central backup system in another secure location.
This off premise backup arrangement is an
added protection in case disaster recovery
is necessary. |
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