NCJ Number
103145
Date Published
Unknown
Length
5 pages
Annotation
Seven policy statements describe controls and precautions used in the operating systems of Project SEARCH (System for Electronic Analysis and Retrieval of Criminal Histories) demonstrations to ensure reasonable rights of privacy and protect system data.
Abstract
Hardware, software, operators, and users are addressed. The policies limit manipulation of the data to authorized agency terminals and limit disclosure of information from the system through terminals to authorized final users. They state that information in the system must be protected against unauthorized access in the computer center, unauthorized alteration, loss, and unauthorized use. The final policy statement maintains that system security is a line responsibility equal in importance to system performance. Each policy statement is followed by procedures that illustrate the types of activities which States would undertake in implementing the policy.