Security, Policies & Guidelines

WWW Account Policy

Purpose of this policy: NMSU ICT provides web pages for colleges and departments and student organizations. This policy details the environment under which ICT and Web users operate.

The function of www.nmsu.edu is to provide colleges, departments, student clubs and other organizations related to NMSU, a platform to provide information via the Web.
College and departmental web accounts provide information about the department as a whole and sub-functions of the department. Departmental accounts are not to be used to deliver course material. Staff and faculty who wish to publish personal information or course related materials should link to the information on accounts policy’s page.

Student Organizations
Accounts are allocated for ASNMSU chartered student organizations. If an organization should lose its charter, the account and all its associated web pages will be deleted.

CONTENT REVIEW/ACCOUNT INACTIVITY
The home pages of the organizations are visited on a frequent basis to ensure the information is current.

SECURITY

Account/Password Sharing
The number of people with access to a departmental account should be minimized. Only people related to the organization should have access.

DISK USAGE

Disk Space
Disk space is limited at 50 megabytes for college & departmental accounts and 20 megabytes for student organization accounts.

OTHER SERVICES

Domain Hosting
Domain hosting (http://www.yourorganization.org) for NMSU organizations is supported. There is a $10/month charge for hosting a domain on the NMSU web server, however there are other fees and procedures to initialize a new domain. The procedure is as follows:

1. Contact the Customer Service Center at 646-1840.
   
2. You will be asked to complete a registration form and pay a registration fee.