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Acquire and use Cloud Services wisely to keep your data safe! Learn more about the process, the directive and your responsibilities in the sections below. Cloud Acquisition Process Cloud Process: How-to Cloud Directive French version Approved Cloud Services Rejected Cloud Services Considerations Tools for researchers Resources and forms Glossary
- Tools for Researchers
If you are a researcher and you need a cloud service to...
- Which tools should I use?
All third-party tools used for teaching and learning at...
- Tools for Researchers
- What Is The Cloud Directive and Related Cloud Service Acquisition Process?
- Why Do We Need The Cloud Directive and Cloud Service Acquisition Process?
- What Data Needs to Be Protected in The Cloud?
- Who Needs to Comply?
- How to Get Support?
The Cloud Directiveoutlines McGill's obligations in securely acquiring and using Cloud Services. It describes the necessary protections (controls) to use cloud services, depending on the type of data involved and its required security and privacy needs. The Cloud Service Acquisition Processdescribes in detail what steps need to be followed to acqui...
The main objective of the Cloud Directive and the Cloud Service Acquisition process is to: 1. protect personal information (PI) as well as personal health information (PHI). Examples include: SIN number, date of birth, address, gender, medical records or bank account information (to just name a few) 2. safeguard our institutional (enterprise) data,...
Any data that is confidential needs to be protected. This includes data whose protection is required by law or regulation, or governed by contract or McGill policies. Here are a few examples of data to protect: 1. Faculty members need to protect student personal information, and hence ensure that educational software for teaching and learning has b...
All members of the McGill University community must comply with the Cloud Directive and the Cloud Service Acquisition Process when acquiring and/or using paid or free Cloud Services. Research data and educational software used for teaching and learning are subject to the Cloud Directive as well.
We realize that it may be difficult to understand the details of McGill policies and directives. We, therefore, encourage you to contact itgovernance.its@mcgill.caif you have questions or concerns. It will be our pleasure to assist and guide you through the process.
Jun 10, 2021 · A Cloud Directive is not the business of forecasters who seek to manipulate the weather, but it is the business of McGill instructors in that they play a role in protecting their students’ personal information and intellectual property.
McGill’s Cloud Directive: what it is, and why we need it McGill’s Cloud Directive governs the use of cloud services at McGill. The purpose of the directive is to protect confidential information stored in the cloud, in compliance with Quebec and Canadian law.
Official Cloud Directive. McGill’s Cloud Directive governs the acquisition and use of cloud services.. Cloud Services website. The Cloud Services at McGill website contains the following information and resources:
All third-party tools used for teaching and learning at McGill are subject to the McGill Cloud Directive.Student data contains private information. All tools need to be verified to ensure that companies providing these tools are keeping that data safe and complying with all Quebec laws and McGill regulations.
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As restricted by McGill's Cloud Directive, if you store Regulated Data or Protected Data on OneDrive for work or school, you can only sync to McGill-owned, password-protected devices/computers, such as a McGill-provisioned desktop, laptop, or smartphone. See sections 2.1 and 4.1 of the Cloud Directive.
