This policy ensures that the UT System Administration and Components comply with state laws and regulations regarding the use and security of information resources. Staff, faculty and students should become familiar with this memorandum and pay special attention to the following provisions. Information and information resources possessed by agencies of the state government are strategic assets belonging to the residents of this state that must be managed as valuable state resources. No person shall entrust state property to any state official or employee or to anyone else to be used for other than state purposes. Access to state information resources must be strictly controlled.
State law requires that state-owned information resources be used only for official state purposes.
All UTSA accesses to information resources shall be reviewed annually by the sponsoring department. All information and telecommunication resources leased or owned by the state and all such services billed to the state shall be used only to conduct state business. All network components under state control must be identifiable and restricted to their intended use. It is a criminal offense to knowingly access a computer network or system without the effective consent of the owner or to intentionally or knowingly disclose a password, identification code or number, debit card or bank account number, or other confidential information about a computer security system without the consent of the person employing the security system. It is a crime to misuse government property, services, personnel or other things of value belonging to the state with the intent to obtain a benefit or to harm another person.