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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear All<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please note that it is no longer allowable for staff to purchase IT equipment through expenses. Finance are now tightening up on this process and will no longer approve any such claims. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please see statement below as advised by Information Services:
<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="color:black">(1)</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">
</span><span style="color:black">They rarely come with the same type of warranty.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="color:black">(2)</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">
</span><span style="color:black">Devices marketed at the home market are often not suitable for the business environment.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="color:black">(3)</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">
</span><span style="color:black">The University has a policy </span><span lang="EN" style="color:black"><a href="http://www.strath.ac.uk/media/ps/its/its-software/ITDeviceProcurement.pdf" target="_blank" title="Policy on the Procurement of IT Commodity Devices ">Policy
on the Procurement of IT Commodity Devices</a> - this is part of our Information Security as devices aimed at the home market, being used in the work environment without correct configuration had been seen as a significant security risk.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="color:black">(4)</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">
</span><span lang="EN" style="color:black">And of course the big information security point relates to Encryption. We also have a policy on that
<a href="http://www.strath.ac.uk/media/ps/its/its-software/Protection_of_Information_held_on_Mobile_Devices_and_Encryption_Policy_V3.5.pdf" target="_blank" title="">
Protection of Information Held on Mobile Devices and Encryption Policy</a>. A laptop aimed at the home market might not have a TPM chip. This chip is essential if the laptop is to be encrypted. Cheap home laptops may or may not have this chip.
</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="color:black">(5)</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">
</span><span lang="EN" style="color:black">Even if the laptop has TPM chip it will come with Windows Home Edition on it. That does not allow the device to be encrypted. The University is licensed for Windows Enterprise and it could be rebuilt on Windows Enterprise
but there is a risk that someone purchasing on their own rather than via their IT staff won’t realise that the PC must be rebuilt to enable encryption. </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Catherine <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Mrs Catherine Cheshire<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">University of Strathclyde
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Physics Department<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">John Anderson Building<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">107 Rottenrow<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Glasgow G4 0NG<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Tel: 0141 548 3132<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Email: <a href="mailto:cath.cheshire@strath.ac.uk">
cath.cheshire@strath.ac.uk</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><img border="0" width="291" height="76" id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D1BBFD.84D02AD0" alt="cid:part3.05040902.02010809@strath.ac.uk"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">The University of Strathclyde is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, number SC015263.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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