Security, Policies & Guidelines
The links below include important NMSU system policies and guidelines regarding the use of computers and information technology by staff, students, and affiliates of NMSU, as well as other parties. To address security incidents, ICT has formed a first level Security Response Team that serves as a resource for campus network security.
Please report any inappropriate use of the NMSU computing environment to abuse@nmsu.edu.
Service Level Agreements
- Centra Services
- Core Database Services
- Core Fire and Security Alarm Notification Service
- Core Network Service
- PC Support Core Services
- Core Telephone Service
- Environmentally Controlled Computer Room
- Hosted Services
- Instructional Facilities Support Contract
- NMSU Main Web Service
- SCS Servers (ACN Domain and Mac Service)
- Windows Server Support
- Unix Server Support
- WebCT Servers
Policy Statements
- NMSU Account Purge Policy
- The NMSU Official Email Address
- Distribution of Information to NMSU Employees and Students
- ICT Change Management Policy
- Administrative system account safeguard and usage
- NMSU Institutional Data Security Policy
- Policy for NMSU Office Software
- Policy for High Speed Data Connectivity in Employee's Home
- Bandwidth Management
- Caller ID Policy
- Mobile Communication Device Usage Policy
- Computer Account Policies
- Computer Operating System Critical Updates Policy
- Computer Virus Scan Policy
- General Computing ICT Policy statement
- ICT Records Access Policy
- Network Connection Policy
- Network Disconnection Policy
- NMSU Password Maintenance
- NMSU Server Administration and Operation Policy
- NMSU Wireless Network Policy
- Web Application Development Policy
- WWW Account Policy
Guidelines
- NMSU Mass Email Guidelines
- Computer Replacement Guidelines
- NMSU Institutional Data Security Guidelines
- Computer System Maintenance Window Guidelines
- Desktop Hardware and Software Purchasing Guidelines
- Fire Alarm Panels
- Network Connection Guidelines
- NMSU WWW Guidelines
- The NMSU Symbol: Guidelines for Usage