AUTHORIZATION TO STORE HIGHLY SENSITIVE DATA

To store highly sensitive data on your computer you required to have formal authorization from a Chief Data Steward.  Storing HSD on your computer without authorization is clearly a violation of policy.

Storing highly sensitive data on your office or laptop computer adds a risk that this protected data might be lost or stolen.  If you are authorized to store HSD on your computer, you must have a protection program, such as encryption, in place to keep the stored data safe.

Before you begin the process of requesting authorization to store HSD, you should consider alternatives to storing the data on a computer.  You might not need to store this data on your computer.  Storing it on and accessing it from a secure network storage system could be one way to meet your business needs.  Other options should be investigated, along with carefully examining why HSD is needed to perform your job.

If you truly believe your business need requires you to store highly sensitive data on your office or laptop computer, please see further details on how to get authorization from a Chief Data Steward.