Protecting personal information is important to West Virginia University.
ITS secures Sensitive University data, including employee and student personal information, by monitoring the campus network and blocking threats from malware, vulnerabilities and malicious URLs. We also work to block the delivery of spam, and we scan University-owned devices to detect and remove both malware and improperly stored data. Review the deliverables for the Information Security Strategy Project completed in July 2022 which sought to define WVU’s desired future state and create an information security strategy and roadmap for next 10 years.
Our privacy practices are guided by the University's Information Privacy Policy and the Sensitive Data Policy, which state that we will strive to limit the amount of personal information we collect and secure the information that is collected. Our privacy and security policies and procedures establish best practices to lower the risk of exposure and are governed by federal and international regulations: