Information Security

Texas State Library and Archives Commission and Texas Department of Information Resources provides rules and guidelines for state agencies to use for the protection of confidential information.  Refer to the following for additional information:
  •  
    Records Management State Agency Laws and Rules
     - 
    Section 6.97(b)
     of 
    Bulletin 1
    , “Electronic Records Standards and Procedures” requests all electronic records scheduled for disposition are securely disposed of in a manner that ensures protection of confidential information.   
  •  
    Records Management State Agency Laws and Rules
     
    - Section 6.97(c)
     of 
    Bulletin 1
    , “Electronic Records Standards and Procedures” requires state agencies to establish and implement procedures that address the disposition of electronic official records by staff in accordance with the 
    Records Retention Schedule
    .  
  • Texas Department of Information Resources
    “
    Data Classification and Management Policy
    ” is a framework for properly classifying and managing data assets.
Disposing of information in accordance with the Records Retention Schedule will reduce the volume of records in the storage systems, therefore reduce risk, create space, and free valuable resources by eliminating non-valuable records so systems can be used to provide timely access to official records.