De Paul Institute of Science & Technology (DiST) provides Information Technology (IT) facilities to support the teaching learning, research and administrative functions of the college and to enhance efficiency in these realms. Intranet and internet resources have become most important resources in educational institutions and research organizations. These resources are tools to access and process information in their areas of work. When using these facilities there is the need to ensure legal and appropriate use of IT. IT policy of DiST covers the guidelines and ethical behaviour that should be followed when these assets are accessed, created, managed or controlled by the stakeholders in the college. Information assets in this policy document data, information, systems, computers, network devices and documents.

Total bandwidth available in DiST is 150 mbps. Hence, when users are given free access to internet, non-essential downloads is likely to affect the traffic resulting in poor quality of service which will critically affect the users. Since the computer systems are networked, viruses entering the system through downloads may affect the whole system and a lot of critical files may be corrupted. Hence, running the campus management intranet ‘Dicoman’, developed in-house, and internet is entrusted with the IT department under the leadership of the administrator. This department ensures the smooth running of the firewall security, proxy, DNS, email, web and application servers and managing the network of the college. Uncontrolled browsing may lead to lowering the quality of work, choking of available bandwidth, and exposure to legal liability and cases of sexual harassment, confidential information being made public, etc. The IT policy of the college is framed in order to convince the users regarding the guidelines to be followed when using the IT infrastructure of the college even though some may feel these restrictions are unwarranted. While creating these policies, every effort has been made to have a careful balance between security and the ability to conduct the rightful functions by the users.
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