See guidance produced by JISC Data Protection Code of Practice for the HE
and FE Sectors by Univ Huddersfied
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/pub00/dp_code.html on "Processing of personal data
off-site, on home computers, or at remote sites".
We require users of any IT equipment (incl. mobile phones) taken away from
the office are required to sign a duty of care form, which also includes the
information on it.
Gillian
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Gillian Foxton
IS Project Manager
Higher Education Funding Council England
Northavon House
Coldharbour Lane
Bristol
BS16 1QD
Tel. 0117 931 7420
Fax. 0117 931 7135
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HEFCE web http://www.hefce.ac.uk
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From: [log in to unmask]
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Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 10:06 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Security of laptop PCs
** Reply to note from "Cashmore, Stuart" <[log in to unmask]>
Thu, 6 Dec 2001 09:42:08 -0000
> What are other people doing or recommending?
Guilty too, not doing but would recommend password protecting the BIOS. For
quality makes (shall not plug a big blue US firm) if the password is
forgotten or lost the machine has to go back to the manufacturer to be
reset.
There are options for encrypting the disk but I am not keen on additional
rubbish running on any machine.
I would also recommend that laptops are not used in public places as it can
put the well being of employees at risk. That is, get the poor ******
beaten
up.
Regards
Charles
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Dundee DD1 4HN, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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