Rules & Regulations for Employee IT Use

For similar information for students, see Student IT Use Rules and Regulations. 

The following list of NC State IT regulations, rules and procedures apply to NC State employees when using the computing and data network resources provided by NC State. Colleges and departments may have addtional rules and procedures for the acceptable use of their IT facilities and services. See also the Information Technology section of the university's official Policies, Regulations and Rules (PRRs) Web SiteThis link will open in a new window.

• The NC State Computer Use Regulation
  This link will open in a new windowThis official regulation governs the acceptable use of the campus data network and computing resources for administrative, academic and personal use. Some Regulations apply only to faculty and staff, who are state employees.
• "Plain English" Summary and Guidance - REG 08.00.02 - Computer Use Regulation
• Antivirus Software Regulation
  This link will open in a new windowThis regulation mandates the use of approved antivirus software on all Windows and Macintosh computers connected to the NC State network. Approved antivirus software is available at no charge to all NC State students, faculty, and staff. For more information, see NC State Antivirus Resources.
• Copyright Infringement PolicyThis link will open in a new window. See also
• Illegal Peer-to-Peer File Sharing Alert, issued by the Chancellor in 2012 
• NC State Copyright Infringement siteThis link will open in a new window
• OIT Peer-to-Peer (P2P) File-Sharing site.
• Information and Communication Technology Accessibility Regulation
  This link will open in a new windowThis regulation specifies how NC State will meet its legal obligations to provide university Information and communication echnologies, including Web content, in formats that are accessible to persons with disabilities. For help in complying with this regulation, see Accessible IT @ NC State.
• University Password Standards
  This document provides detailed description of rules governing Unity account password strength and password change requirements.
• IT Purchases Requirement
  The university requirement to purchase laptop and desktop computer hardware through the Combined Pricing Initiative process became effective November 8, 2010. 

Rules and procedures for university computing accounts and other systems and services supported by the Office of Information Technology:

Services for faculty and staff

• Faculty, staff and guest computing accounts
  This link will open in a new windowProcedures for account creation and deactivation.
• Unity Email and Calendaring Services
  (also called Gmail, gcal or Google Apps)
• ncsu.edu Mail Alias Service
• Mailing List Services
• Unity Locker Rental 
  Procedures for obtaining additional Unity (AFS) file space
• www4.ncsu.edu services 
  Rules for personal (unofficial) Web pages created by NC State students, faculty, staff
• Optical Mark Reading Service

Network

• Network Security Regulations
• Network Procedures - Host registration
• Rules for Implementation of Wireless Networks at NC State

See also

• Safe Computing at NC State
• Information for OIT Staff

Send questions and comments to the NC State Help Desk: help@ncsu.edu

Official Policies, Regulations and Rules (PRR) Disclaimer:

This site contains information regarding policies, regulations and rules (PRRs) of North Carolina State University. To the extent of any conflict between the information on this site and the actual policy, regulation or rule, the actual policy, regulation or rule governs. NC State  policies, regulations and rules can be found at the PRR Web SiteThis link will open in a new window.