Security of State Information To the extent Contractor shall have access to, processes, handles, collects, transmits, stores or otherwise deals with State Data, the Contractor represents and warrants that it has implemented and it shall maintain during the term of this Master Agreement the highest industry standard administrative, technical, and physical safeguards and controls consistent with NIST Special Publication 800-53 (version 4 or higher) and Federal Information Processing Standards Publication 200 and designed to (i) ensure the security and confidentiality of State Data; (ii) protect against any anticipated security threats or hazards to the security or integrity of the State Data; and (iii) protect against unauthorized access to or use of State Data. Such measures shall include at a minimum: (1) access controls on information systems, including controls to authenticate and permit access to State Data only to authorized individuals and controls to prevent the Contractor employees from providing State Data to unauthorized individuals who may seek to obtain this information (whether through fraudulent means or otherwise); (2) industry-standard firewall protection; (3) encryption of electronic State Data while in transit from the Contractor networks to external networks; (4) measures to store in a secure fashion all State Data which shall include multiple levels of authentication; (5) dual control procedures, segregation of duties, and pre-employment criminal background checks for employees with responsibilities for or access to State Data; (6) measures to ensure that the State Data shall not be altered or corrupted without the prior written consent of the State; (7) measures to protect against destruction, loss or damage of State Data due to potential environmental hazards, such as fire and water damage; (8) staff training to implement the information security measures; and (9) monitoring of the security of any portions of the Contractor systems that are used in the provision of the services against intrusion on a twenty-four (24) hour a day basis.
Security of Information Unless otherwise specifically authorized by the DOH Chief Information Security Officer, Contractor receiving confidential information under this contract assures that: • Encryption is selected and applied using industry standard algorithms validated by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cryptographic Algorithm Validation Program against all information stored locally and off-site. Information must be encrypted both in-transit and at rest and applied in such a way that it renders data unusable to anyone but authorized personnel, and the confidential process, encryption key or other means to decipher the information is protected from unauthorized access. • It is compliant with the applicable provisions of the Washington State Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) policy 141, Securing Information Technology Assets, available at: xxxxx://xxxx.xx.xxx/policy/securing-information-technology-assets. • It will provide DOH copies of its IT security policies, practices and procedures upon the request of the DOH Chief Information Security Officer. • DOH may at any time conduct an audit of the Contractor’s security practices and/or infrastructure to assure compliance with the security requirements of this contract. • It has implemented physical, electronic and administrative safeguards that are consistent with OCIO security standard 141.10 and ISB IT guidelines to prevent unauthorized access, use, modification or disclosure of DOH Confidential Information in any form. This includes, but is not limited to, restricting access to specifically authorized individuals and services through the use of: o Documented access authorization and change control procedures; o Card key systems that restrict, monitor and log access; o Locked racks for the storage of servers that contain Confidential Information or use AES encryption (key lengths of 256 bits or greater) to protect confidential data at rest, standard algorithms validated by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cryptographic Algorithm Validation Program (CMVP); o Documented patch management practices that assure all network systems are running critical security updates within 6 days of release when the exploit is in the wild, and within 30 days of release for all others; o Documented anti-virus strategies that assure all systems are running the most current anti-virus signatures within 1 day of release; o Complex passwords that are systematically enforced and password expiration not to exceed 120 days, dependent user authentication types as defined in OCIO security standards; o Strong multi-factor authentication mechanisms that assure the identity of individuals who access Confidential Information; o Account lock-out after 5 failed authentication attempts for a minimum of 15 minutes, or for Confidential Information, until administrator reset; o AES encryption (using key lengths 128 bits or greater) session for all data transmissions, standard algorithms validated by NIST CMVP; o Firewall rules and network address translation that isolate database servers from web servers and public networks; o Regular review of firewall rules and configurations to assure compliance with authorization and change control procedures; o Log management and intrusion detection/prevention systems; o A documented and tested incident response plan Any breach of this clause may result in termination of the contract and the demand for return of all personal information.
Protection of Private Information If this Agreement requires City to disclose “Private Information” to Contractor within the meaning of San Francisco Administrative Code Chapter 12M, Contractor and subcontractor shall use such information only in accordance with the restrictions stated in Chapter 12M and in this Agreement and only as necessary in performing the Services. Contractor is subject to the enforcement and penalty provisions in Chapter 12M.
Security of Data a. Each of the parties shall:
SECURITY OF PERSONAL INFORMATION 19.1 For this clause “personal information” has the meaning given to it in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
Identification and Disclosure of Privacy and Security Offices Business Associate and Subcontractors shall provide, within ten (10) days of the execution of this agreement, written notice to the Covered Entity’s contract/grant manager the names and contact information of both the HIPAA Privacy Officer and HIPAA Security Officer. This information must be updated any time either of these contacts changes.
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act The Supplier acknowledges that the City is subject to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (British Columbia), which imposes significant obligations on the City’s contractors to protect all personal information acquired from the City in the course of providing any service to the City.
RECORDS, INFORMATION AND REPORTS Contractor shall maintain full and accurate records with respect to all matters covered under this Agreement. To the extent permitted by law, County shall have free access at all proper times or until the expiration of four (4) years after the furnishing of services to such records, and the right to examine and audit the same and to make transcripts therefrom, and to inspect all data, documents, proceedings, and activities pertaining to this Agreement. To the extent permitted by law, Contractor shall furnish County such periodic reports as County may request pertaining to the work or services undertaken pursuant to this Agreement. The costs and obligations incurred or to be incurred in connection therewith shall be borne by the Contractor.
ACCESS TO SECURITY LOGS AND REPORTS Upon request, the Contractor shall provide access to security logs and reports to the State or Authorized User in a format as specified in the Authorized User Agreement.
Confidentiality of State Information The Contractor understands and agrees that data, materials, and information disclosed to the Contractor may contain confidential and protected information. The Contractor covenants that data, material, and information gathered, based upon or disclosed to the Contractor for the purpose of this Contract will not be disclosed to or discussed with third parties without the prior written consent of the State. The parties acknowledge that the services to be performed by Contractor for the State under this Contract may require or allow access to data, materials, and information containing Social Security numbers maintained by the State in its computer system or other records. In addition to the covenant made above in this section and pursuant to 10 IAC 5-3-1(4), the Contractor and the State agree to comply with the provisions of IC § 4-1-10 and IC § 4-1-11. If any Social Security number(s) is/are disclosed by Contractor, Contractor agrees to pay the cost of the notice of disclosure of a breach of the security of the system in addition to any other claims and expenses for which it is liable under the terms of this contract.
