Server operators must take reasonable actions on a regular basis to ensure that their systems are not vulnerable to attack, whether the system is managed directly by Harvard or via contract with a third-party service provider for Harvard's use (e.g....
Work from materials stored on approved servers or services and do not copy them to your local system. If you are conducting field research to collect Level 4 data and cannot meet this requirement send an email to ithelp@harvard.edu to request an information security consultation for Harvard-approved external encrypted portable storage media and process.
SC8: Servers must be kept in secure locations and properly inventoried, whether the system is managed directly by Harvard or via contract with a third-party service provider for Harvard's use (e.g. IaaS, SaaS).
SC7: User access to level 4 information on servers must be logged, whether the system is managed directly by Harvard or via contract with a third-party service provider for Harvard's use (e.g. IaaS, SaaS).
SC6: Logs of user and administrator access to servers and applications must be securely maintained on a remote computer, whether the system is managed directly by Harvard or via contract with a third-party service provider for Harvard's use (e.g. IaaS, SaaS).
SC5: The business application owner for applications dealing with Level 4 information must designate which employees have permission to access level 4 information about others from outside the Harvard wired or other Harvard strongly authenticated and encrypted wireless network.
SC4: Outbound traffic from servers must be limited to that required to properly operate the service, whether the system is managed directly by Harvard or via contract with a third-party service provider for Harvard's use (e.g. IaaS, SaaS).
SC3: Server operators must take reasonable actions on a regular basis to ensure that their systems are not vulnerable to attack, whether the system is managed directly by Harvard or via contract with a third-party service provider for Harvard's use (e.g. IaaS, SaaS).
SC2: Servers with Level 4 information must be on private address space, whether the system is managed directly by Harvard or via contract with a third-party service provider for Harvard's use (e.g. IaaS, SaaS).
SC1: Servers must not be directly accessible from the Internet or from parts of the internal network where there are user computers, whether the system is managed directly by Harvard or via contract with a third-party service provider for Harvard's use (e.g. IaaS, SaaS).
