Information Security Awareness Training and New Employee Orientation

All UH System employees are required to participate in ongoing Information Security Awareness Training required by the Texas Administrative Code, Title 1 (TAC 202) Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), Gramm Leach Bliley Act (GLB Act), and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

To ensure that an adequate security training program is developed and administered.

University of Houston employees using corporate computers.

An Ongoing Information Security Awareness Training Course is exists for all University of Houston System employees administered by Human Resources in PeopleSoft covering such areas as:

• State and Federal Laws including:
• Texas Administrative Code, Title 1, TAC 202
• Gramm Leach Bliley Act (GLB Act)
• Family and Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
• Information security and password tips
• How to identify security and report incidents

A New Employee Orientation Training Program exists for all first-time users of UH System corporate computers:

• Organizational security policy--Corporate computing users are given a copy of the General Computing Policies.
• Security operating procedures--Corporate computing users are instructed in the proper use of the corporate systems available.
• Access control procedures--First-time employees using the corporate computing facilities are instructed in the proper use and protection of passwords.
• At the New User Orientation, each person is required to sign a statement that they have read, understand, and agree to comply with the General Computing Policies.