Why an IT Resources Usage Policy

Aspects concerning organization’s IT resources usage impact on people productivity and even on criminal responsibilities in case of severe misuse of corporate messaging system and internet documents.

Some countries, Brasil included, do not have a clear and modern legislation caring aspects of personal messages and documents confidentiality. The employer management prerogatives conflicts with employee privacy prerogative.

Organization owns equipment, communications means and software used by its employees. Organizations can also be responsible for the content of messages emitted by its messaging system, even in criminal claims. Electronic messages are signed by organization by its domain name, witch identify the sender. Email is, therefore, an official organization’s document.

Clear IT resources usage rules, including penalties for misuse, is a crucial management tool to the improvement of people productivity and organization protection against the risk of criminal responsibilities due to misuse of its communication systems.

TCA Services Scope

• A TCA consultant will make an alignment of expectations and targets concerning the resources usage policy
• With organization’s IT technical analysts, TCA’s consultant will evaluate available auditing tools to control desired Resources Usage Policy
• With organization’s management, are defined roles and responsibilities for deployment and maintenance of ePolicy
• After detailed defined, ePolicy is submitted to organization’s approval
• TCA will support on edition and publication