Equipment Decommisioning
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This page is now outdated. Please see http://www.shef.ac.uk/cics/codeofpractice for the current IT Code of Practice. |
| Software with non-transferrable licences must be removed. Machines that have been used to store sensitive information must have a low level initialisation performed on their hard disk, as deleting files merely removes the index to data stored and information might still be retained on the disk. Particular vigilance should be observed when removing passwords, personal information, etc from hard disks. Further information regarding decommissioning of hardware is available by contacting CiCS. Staff who are leaving a department to work elsewhere in the University should re-register and have their old account disabled once any relevant files have been transferred. Staff who are leaving the University must inform CiCS so that their account can be disabled. If a staff member leaves, or is absent from the University for a time, and his or her account has specific access right to systems or functions that are required by a department, the rights should be transferred to another member of staff rather than the absent staff member's. |