Reporting Lost or Stolen Equpiment
Lost or stolen equipment should be reported to the UT Police Department at 512-471-4441 to file a police report about your stolen device.
You will also need to fill out the Stolen Equipment Report Form provided by the Information Security Office.
If the device is UT-owned, please also notify ECE-IT personnel as soon as possible at help@ece.utexas.edu. The IT group will coordinate with the Information Security Office to verify classification of data that was residing on the device and report any potential loss of sensitive data.
Remember that all University owned devices (laptops and desktops) are now required to be encrypted. Personal machines that have been authorized by the department Chair for UT business and contain sensitive data, must also be encrypted.
Data Classification
Category-I Data
University data protected specifically by federal or state law or University of Texas rules and regulations (e.g., HIPAA; FERPA; Sarbanes-Oxley, Gramm-Leach-Bliley; the Texas Identity Theft Enforcement and Protection Act; University of Texas System Business Procedure Memoranda; specific donor or employee data). University data that are not otherwise protected by a known civil statute or regulation, but which must be protected due to university contractual agreements requiring confidentiality, integrity, or availability considerations (e.g., Non Disclosure Agreements, Memoranda of Understanding, Service Level Agreements, Granting or Funding Agency Agreements, etc.) are also included:
A few examples include:
- Employee Information (e.g. Social Security Number)
- Student data (e.g. grades, test scores, assignments)
- Donor/Alumni Information (e.g. name, email, amount donated)
(see extended list of Category I data classification examples)
Category-II Data
University data not otherwise identified as Category-I data, but which are releasable in accordance with the Texas Public Information Act (e.g., contents of specific e-mail, date of birth, salary, etc.) Such data must be appropriately protected to ensure a controlled and lawful release.
Category-III Data
University data that are not otherwise identified as Category-I or Category-II data (e.g., publicly available). Such data have no requirement for confidentiality, integrity, or availability.