This Information Technology (IT) Security Policy has been developed by the Bureau of Information & Telecommunications (BIT) of the State of South Dakota. The Information Technology Security Policy provides guidance regarding cyber security policies of the State relevant to the IT goals, beliefs, ethics, and responsibilities. Specific procedures that State employees and contractors must follow to comply with the security objectives are identified.

The objective of the Information Technology Security Policy is to provide a comprehensive set of cyber security policies detailing the acceptable practices for use of State of South Dakota IT resources. The security policies and procedures set forth are to accomplish the following:

• Ensure proper implementation of security controls within the BIT environment.
• Ensure government data is protected regardless of hosting location.
• Demonstrate commitment and support to the implementation of security measures by BIT and Executive Management.
• Avoid litigation by documenting acceptable use of State IT resources.
• Achieve consistent and complete security across the diverse technology infrastructure of the State and hosted State data.

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