Lake Washington Institute of Technology (LWTech) provides and maintains, within available resources:
College community members must use college information systems resources in line with these policies and procedures and with related state policies, rules, and regulations of the:
The president or designee will ensure that these policies, rules, regulations, and procedures followed and enforced.
A reasonable list of definitions of selected policy and procedure terminology will help college community members understand IT policies and procedures.
This data may include facts, records, reports, planning assumptions, or any information meant only for internal use.
No applicable procedures, forms, and documents available.
The college is a leader in the use of information technology (IT) for teaching, learning, and higher education administration. To maintain that position, the college expects regular and proficient use of IT and further encourages individual and group innovation and experimentation. The college supports easy access to IT, technology choices, and academic freedom. Acceptable use includes compliance with all laws, regulations, licenses, contracts, security standards and procedure protocols, and use that does not impede or deny IT access to others.
Information technology services will:
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LWIT will provide, as resources allow, training for students and employees as needed to provide for the efficient, effective use of IT resources.
The college will assign staff to manage a security program with security controls over IT resources that is proportionate with the level of risk. IT services will follow the ISB IT security policy and standards. The college will comply with ISB audit and review requirements and submit the signed security compliance memo.
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Employees have no personal privacy rights in any file, message, or communication they place, send, or receive using college computing or communications systems. Employees must:
College records, stored electronically or in another format, may be subject to disclosure under:
The college must adequately protect against unauthorized modification, disclosure, or destruction of information handled by college computer and communications systems. The college maintains effective controls for access to minimize inadvertent user error and negligence and reduce potential systems misuse. Each user of a college automated system must have a unique personal identifier for user identification. The college will authenticate the user’s ID before the computer or communications system grants access to electronic information. The college will end access for user IDs not in use.
Passwords authenticate a user’s identity and create accountability while protecting vital assets. IT services creates and maintains a system of procedures to assign, authenticate, revise, and protect the secrecy of user passwords in line with applicable SBCTC and ISB policies, standards and procedures. IT services will inform employees and students of these procedures and will use diligence in following them.
No applicable procedures, forms, and documents available.
Employees must follow the governor’s executive order EO 91-10 on electronic messaging systems and related state statute when using electronic messaging such as email and fax. Violating the electronic messaging policy can result in losing access or disciplinary actions. Employees have no personal privacy rights in any electronic message they create on, receive by, or send from the college’s electronic messaging systems.
Employees must follow the state public records law to determine archival, record retention and disposition requirements. Electronic records an employee retains are subject to the state’s public records law.
Employees cannot use the internet for non-college business except for minimal (de minimis) use as given in the college’s acceptable use policy.
The college maintains a set of websites. All content of the websites must follow copyright and trademark rules and meet the same guidelines for quality and accuracy as other college publications. The college can disable and/or remove, after appropriate review and warning, website links and publishing capability on college-managed servers (or internet accessibility to such by college-supplied network components) of anyone who uses the internet to violate college policy or state and federal laws.
No college community member may engage in any activity that violates these copyright laws:
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Employees must ensure they acquire software and hardware using site licenses and volume purchases the college establishes to most efficiently use college resources.
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Employees and students must follow all college policies, state, and federal laws when using all college computing resources.
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Violating applicable law or college policy may result in penalties including, but not limited to withdrawing use privileges. Additional penalties may also arise under local, state, or federal law and college policies.
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College department administrators are responsible to manage the use of computer and communications systems resources, including hardware, software, and data installed within their facilities. IT services:
Each department administrator, with IT services, will develop a comprehensive computer and communications systems plan and business continuity plan that:
When others in the department have custodial responsibilities for computer and communications devices delegated to them, the department administrators have responsibility to ensure employees and students understand the procedures to follow on protecting and using these college assets.
No applicable procedures, forms, and documents available.
SBCTC-IT manages the college’s administrative application systems processor. The “Shared Expectations for Operation Security” agreement between LWIT and SBCTC outlines roles and responsibilities.
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IT Services will:
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IT services staff will:
If a college department determines it must have an unsupported computer and/or communications hardware and software, IT services will consider adding the new software to the standard hardware and/or software listing. IT services will create a procedure to amend the list of standard hardware and software and to accommodate unique installations designated as central to the college’s operations.
No applicable procedures, forms, and documents available.
As provided for in the American with Disabilities Act and State of Washington policy, the College must meet certain obligations under state and federal law to provide reasonable accommodation to employees and students with disabilities, an equal opportunity to participate in, and enjoy the benefits of services, programs, or activities conducted by the College.
The College will provide access to information technology to employees and students including individuals with disabilities. Information Technology should be procured, developed, maintained, and utilized so that it is accessible to individuals with disabilities, unless it creates an undue burden on the College. Information Technology, including web sites, web-based applications, software systems, and electronically published documents, should provide the substantially similar functionality to individuals with disabilities as it provides others unless providing direct access is not possible due to technical or legal limitations.
Chapter Reviewed and Revised: February through November 2010 Board of Trustees Adoption:
April 2011
10.P.05 Revised May 5, 2014
Business Hours
Mon-Fri, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Campus Hours
Mon-Thurs, 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Friday, Closed to the public
Sat-Sun, Closed