Section 1 - Introduction
Information Resources are strategic assets of the Richman Investments and must be treated and managed as valuable resources. Richman Investments provides various computer resources to its employees for the purpose of assisting them in the performance of their job-related duties. State law permits incidental access to state resources for personal use. This policy clearly documents expectations for appropriate use of Richman Investments assets. This Acceptable Use Policy in conjunction with the corresponding standards is established to achieve the following: 1. To establish appropriate and acceptable practices regarding the use of information resources. 2. To ensure compliance with applicable State law and other rules and regulations regarding the management of information resources. 3. To educate individuals who may use information resources with respect to their responsibilities associated with computer resource use.
This Acceptable Use Policy contains four policy directives. Part I – Acceptable Use Management, Part II – Ownership, Part III – Acceptable Use, and Part IV – Incidental Use. Together, these directives form the foundation of the Richman Investments Acceptable Use Program.
Section 2 – Roles & Responsibilities 1. Richman Investments management will establish a periodic reporting requirement to measure the compliance and effectiveness of this policy. 2. Richman Investments management is responsible for implementing the requirements of this policy, or documenting non-compliance via the method described under exception handling. 3. Richman Investments Managers, in cooperation with Security Management Division, are required to train employees on policy and document issues with Policy compliance. 4. All Richman Investments employees are required to read and acknowledge the reading of this