Information Technology Services

When must Highly Sensitive Data be protected by encryption?

HSD must be protected by encryption:

  • In transport – when being moved from one place to another:
    • Over the internet
    • On removable media
    • In an encrypted file in an otherwise non-encrypted transport (e.g. mail)
  • At rest – when being stored on:
    • Office computers and laptops
    • Removable media
    • A server that has not been approved by the IT Security Office as having sufficient mitigating controls in place

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