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What type of formal document would include the following statement? Employees are responsible for exercising good judgment regarding the reasonableness of personal use. Individual departments are…

The correct answer is C. Acceptable use policy. The statement describes employee responsibilities for personal use of company internet resources and departmental guideline delegation, which are hallmarks of an Acceptable Use Policy (AUP).

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Question

What type of formal document would include the following statement? Employees are responsible for exercising good judgment regarding the reasonableness of personal use. Individual departments are responsible for creating guidelines concerning personal application of Internet/Intranet/Extranet systems. In the absence of such policies, employees should be guided by departmental policies, and if there is any uncertainty, employees should consult their supervisor or manager.

Options

  • ACompany privacy statement
  • BRemote access policy
  • CAcceptable use policy
  • DNon-disclosure agreement

How the community answered

(44 responses)
  • A
    18% (8)
  • B
    5% (2)
  • C
    70% (31)
  • D
    7% (3)

Why each option

The statement describes employee responsibilities for personal use of company internet resources and departmental guideline delegation, which are hallmarks of an Acceptable Use Policy (AUP).

ACompany privacy statement

A company privacy statement describes how the organization collects, stores, and uses personal data of customers or employees, not how employees are permitted to use company IT systems.

BRemote access policy

A remote access policy governs the specific rules and security requirements for employees connecting to company networks from outside the office, not general internet usage behavior for all staff.

CAcceptable use policyCorrect

An Acceptable Use Policy defines the boundaries of permissible personal and professional use of company IT resources including internet, intranet, and extranet systems. It assigns responsibility to individual departments for supplemental guidelines and directs employees to supervisors when uncertainty arises. The specific language around 'reasonableness of personal use' and departmental policy hierarchy is characteristic AUP content.

DNon-disclosure agreement

A non-disclosure agreement is a legal contract binding parties to confidentiality regarding specific proprietary information, not a policy that regulates day-to-day employee behavior on IT systems.

Concept tested: Acceptable Use Policy definition and scope

Source: https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-14/final

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#acceptable use policy#security policy#governance#internet use

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