ML20079G133
| ML20079G133 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 10/08/1991 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM) |
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| References | |
| NUREG-BR-0152, NUREG-BR-152, NUDOCS 9110080424 | |
| Download: ML20079G133 (2) | |
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GENERAL SECURITY REQU!REMEtTTS FOR informat. ion USING LOCAL AREA NETWORKS A Local Area Network (LAN) is a system for linking fo*b cntered on a.
- 5) Protect Your Unattended Terminal e a the programs, storage, and devices to multiple work-fcH steps.
stations over relatively small geographic areas.
Always logout before leaving your Typica!!y, a LAN interconnects computers within a terminalor PC.
building or a number of buildings in the same area.
- 1) Protect Your E uipment 9
When a PC or terminalis connected to a LAN. the working environment changes. What was private Keep food, drink, and electrical
- 6) Protect Against Viruses computing, becomes group computing. In this en_
appliances away from LAN equip-vironment, the LAN is an attractive target for data ment PC,terminaland media.
Never bring in or use unapproved, T
theft, disclosure, modification, and destruction.
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Data, programs, and peripherats are shared by
- 2) Protect Your Area everyone on the LAN. New communication routes
- 7) Profect Your Media to corporate data make each PC and work station Recognize, polite!y chat enge, and potentiality a threat to the integrity, confidentiality, assist people who do not belong' in and availability of NRC sensitive and rnission criti-the area' cal data.
up software, removable media nd e W pnwntth t ntains
- 3) Protect Passwords The following instructions provide a s'ep-by-step fmed nwdia.
approachtoentering'nt. These instructions are not dataardpropertysecuringit in a LAN environme se nly penndted passwords.
- 8) Protect Against Disaster irtriusive; therefore, if you have any questions, change them frequently, and DO contact the Office of Information Resources Man-NOTshareyourpassword with Disasters start when data and agement (IRM), Division of Information Support 3"YODE programs are not backed up Services (DISS), or refer to NRC Appendix 2301, routinely. Always back-up Parts I and il programs, data and other
- 4) Protect Your Files faes and secure them property.
Classified Information Establish and periodically review access privileges for c3ch LAN-There are no current classified NRC LAN systems sensitive file. Use system security and no plans to develop such systems. NEVER,
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under any circumstances, process or enter classi-fled information or data on a LAN system.
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