Implementation: 11/18/24

Statement

WTAMU establishes, reviews, updates, and makes readily available to individuals regarding usage of rules of behavior related to the use of social media, social networking, and external sites when organizational personnel are using such sites for official duties or in the conduct of official business.

Applicability

This Control applies to all West Texas A&M network information resources. The intended audience for this Control includes all information resource owners, custodians, and users of information resources.

Implementation

• The use of social media or social networking sites by University departments shall be limited to the promotion of the University, promotion of University events, or public announcements.
• University departments shall not post any non-public information to social media or social networking sites.
• Accounts used for posting on social media or social networking sites shall be created in a manner which allows for contiuity of access for the University in the event of employee turnover. 
• All accounts shall follow the University password rules defined in Control  IA-5(1) Password-based Authentication.