Who is covered by Stanford's computer security mandate?
All active Stanford University faculty and staff are subject to the security mandate requiring encryption. Anyone who handles High Risk Data is likewise covered by the mandate, including student employees. Some university schools, departments, or organizations might impose more stringent requirements.
The following tables describe in detail who is and is not covered by the security mandate.
Faculty affiliations
Affiliation |
QualifIer |
Device Compliance Mandated |
Cardinal Key Mandated |
faculty |
active |
mandated |
mandated |
faculty |
onleave |
mandated |
mandated |
faculty |
emeritus |
mandated |
not mandated |
faculty |
otherteaching |
mandated |
mandated |
faculty |
affiliate |
mandated |
mandated |
faculty |
slac |
mandated |
mandated |
faculty |
retired |
mandated |
not mandated |
faculty |
nonactive |
not mandated |
not mandated |
affiliate |
fellow |
mandated |
mandated |
affiliate |
visitingscholarvs |
conditional* |
not mandated |
affiliate |
visitingscholarvt |
not mandated |
not mandated |
affiliate |
sponsored |
conditional* |
not mandated |
affiliate |
courtesy |
not mandated |
not mandated |
affiliate |
nonactive |
not mandated |
not mandated |
* If faculty or affiliates respond to the device enrollment questionnaire that they work with or could receive High Risk Data or Protected Health Information (PHI), they are subject to the mandate. Otherwise, they are not subject to the mandate. |
Staff affiliations
Affiliation |
Qualifier |
Device Compliance Mandated |
Cardinal Key Mandated |
staff |
active |
mandated |
mandated |
staff |
academic |
mandated |
mandated |
staff |
onleave |
mandated |
mandated |
staff |
emeritus |
mandated |
not mandated |
staff |
otherteaching |
mandated |
mandated |
staff |
temporary |
mandated |
mandated |
staff |
casual |
mandated |
mandated |
staff |
affiliate |
mandated |
mandated |
staff |
student |
conditional* |
conditional |
staff |
retired |
mandated |
not mandated |
staff |
nonactive |
not mandated |
not mandated |
staff (sumc) |
|
not mandated |
not mandated |
staff (sumc) |
nonactive |
not mandated |
not mandated |
* If staff respond to the device enrollment questionnaire that they work with or could receive High Risk Data or Protected Health Information (PHI), they are subject to the mandate. Otherwise, they are not subject to the mandate. |
Student affiliations
Affiliation |
Qualifier |
Device Compliance Mandated |
Cardinal Key Mandated |
student |
active |
not mandated |
not mandated |
student |
onleave |
not mandated |
not mandated |
student |
postdoc |
mandated |
mandated |
student |
ndo |
not mandated |
not mandated |
student |
incoming |
not mandated |
not mandated |
student |
contingent |
not mandated |
not mandated |
student |
notregistered |
not mandated |
not mandated |
student |
recent |
not mandated |
not mandated |
student |
nonactive |
not mandated |
not mandated |
Last modified September 1, 2023