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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

AffiliationQualifIerDevice Compliance MandatedCardinal Key Mandated
facultyactivemandatedmandated
facultyonleavemandatedmandated
facultyemeritusmandatednot mandated
facultyotherteachingmandatedmandated
facultyaffiliatemandatedmandated
facultyslacmandatedmandated
facultyretiredmandatednot mandated
facultynonactivenot mandatednot mandated
affiliatefellowmandatedmandated
affiliatevisitingscholarvsconditional*not mandated
affiliatevisitingscholarvtnot mandatednot mandated
affiliatesponsoredconditional*not mandated
affiliatecourtesynot mandatednot mandated
affiliatenonactivenot mandatednot 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

AffiliationQualifierDevice Compliance MandatedCardinal Key Mandated
staffactivemandatedmandated
staffacademicmandatedmandated
staffonleavemandatedmandated
staffemeritusmandatednot mandated
staffotherteachingmandatedmandated
stafftemporarymandatedmandated
staffcasualmandatedmandated
staffaffiliatemandatedmandated
staffstudentconditional*conditional
staffretiredmandatednot mandated
staffnonactivenot mandatednot mandated
staff (sumc) not mandatednot mandated
staff (sumc)nonactivenot mandatednot 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

AffiliationQualifierDevice Compliance MandatedCardinal Key Mandated
studentactivenot mandatednot mandated
studentonleavenot mandatednot mandated
studentpostdocmandatedmandated
studentndonot mandatednot mandated
studentincomingnot mandatednot mandated
studentcontingentnot mandatednot mandated
studentnotregisterednot mandatednot mandated
studentrecentnot mandatednot mandated
studentnonactivenot mandatednot mandated
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