Policies
There are numerous legislative requirements upon the 5XÉçÇøÊÓƵ and its staff and students relating to the holding and processing of information, as well as contractual requirements with providers of information and IT services, e.g. the use of the Joint Academic Network (JANET), software licensing and journal access etc.
This page detail the 5XÉçÇøÊÓƵ's information security policies and give links to sites that offer guidance and describe best practice.
Information Security Policy (ISP01) [PDF 246.77KB]
Information Security policies and procedures
- Use of IT Regulations - simplified code (ISSC01) [PDF 136.07KB]
- Regulations for Use of Information Technology (ISR01) [PDF 291.26KB]
- Staff Desktop Policy (ISP02) [PDF 167.07KB]
- Bring Your Own Device Policy (ISP03) - Pending approval [PDF 154.29KB]
- Systems Management Policy (ISP04) [PDF 207.83KB]
- Third Party Access Policy (ISP05) [PDF 206.07KB]
- IT System Planning Policy (ISP06) [PDF 206.05KB]
- Cryptography Policy (ISP08) - Pending approval [PDF 164.72KB]
- Software Management Policy (ISP09) [PDF 190.04KB]
- Institutional Access Policy (ISP10)
- Operation Policy (ISP11) [PDF 161.60KB]
- Account Management and Password Policy (ISP12) [PDF 187.93KB]
- Network Management Policy (ISP13) [PDF 148.61KB]
- Software Copyright Policy (ISP14) [PDF 164.51KB]
- Workstation Disposal Policy (ISP15) [PDF 150.80KB]
- Backup Management Policy (ISP16) [PDF 290kb]
- Content Filtering Policy (ISP017) [PDF 235KB]
- IT Remote Working Policy (ISP018) [PDF 194KB]
- IT Asset Management Policy - Pending approval (ISP019) [PDF 197KB]
- Information Classification and Handling Policy [PDF 192KB]
Other supporting documents
- Use of Information Technology Guidance (ISG01) [PDF 573.87KB]
- Charter for System and Network Administrators (ISC01) [PDF 519.35KB]
- Travelling Abroad with 5XÉçÇøÊÓƵ Information Guidance [PDF 172.39KB]
5XÉçÇøÊÓƵ policies and procedures
- Exploitation and Commercialisation of Intellectual Property [PDF 106.51KB] (Research and Enterprise)
Information on 5XÉçÇøÊÓƵ webpages
- Records Management guidance (Information Management)
- Third Party Copyright Policy & (Library)
- Data Protection guidance (Information Management)
- (Information Management)
- (Communications and External Affairs)
Updated 26 November 2025