Policies, Regulations, Standards, Best Practices, and Procedures

Long Beach City College’s information technology resources are subject to the district’s Board Policies, Administrative Regulations, Information Security Standards, Best Practices, and Procedures as well as all applicable Federal, State, and local laws.

Information Standards, Best-Practices, and Procedures build one upon the other to create an integrated approach to managing the requirements set forth in Board Policy and Administrative Regulations.

Users of District information resources found to have violated Administrative Regulations may be subject to disciplinary action (Administrative Regulation 6006).

The following documents are posted for ease of reference.

Board Policy and Administrative Regulations

• Board Policy 6006: Computer, Telecommunications, and Classroom Technology Use
• Administrative Regulation 6006: Computer, Telecommunications, and Classroom Technology Use
• Administrative Procedure 5800: Prevention of Identify Theft in Student Financial Transactions

Information Security Standards (ISS)

Designed to support and enforce Administrative Regulations, Standards are baseline directives that can be linked directly to industry-recognized security frameworks.

• California Community College Information Security Standard
• Data Classification Standard
• Information Security Plan

• Access Control
• Disaster Recovery
• Incident Response

• FERPA Protected Data
• Screen Saver Timeouts
• Vendor Risk Management

Information Security Best Practices (ISBP)

Designed to augment Standards, Best Practices are industry-recognized methods and techniques that produce superior results to commonly accepted alternatives.

• Multi-Factor Authentication
• OneDrive: Managing Files, Folders, and Shares
• Passwords and Passphrases
• Working Remotely

Information Security Procedures (ISPR)

Procedures are the formal methods for which Regulations, Standards, or Best Practices are conducted.

• Disposal, Donation, and Transfer of Computer Equipment
• Incident Reporting
• OneDrive: Procedures for Dealing with PII
• OneDrive: Procedures for Sharing Files and Folders
• Outlook: Procedures for Dealing with PII
• Requests for Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

Compliance and Privacy

• Accessibility Standards for Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
• The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)
• The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA)
• The Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

Exceptions

Exceptions to information security requisites (regulations, standards, etc.) shall be granted only when (1) such a requirement imposes an undue burden to a specific business process, and (2) compensating controls of equitable protection can be provided.