Data Security

The responsibility for overall data/network security is that of the GSMFC Systems Administrator and the FIN Database Manager. A list of personnel having access to confidential data will be reviewed on a yearly basis at the annual FIN Committee meeting. The point of contact within each agency for designating people to have access to confidential data will be the FIN Committee member.

If a person with access to the FIN DMS leaves a particular agency, the point of contact for that agency needs to contact the FIN DB Manager and notify him of the departure. There are several levels of access allowed to the DMS, and the FIN Committee members are responsible for determining that level. Before a person is assigned a user ID and password, that person and the FIN Committee member for the parent agency must complete and sign a FIN access form. Once the form has been signed, it will be forwarded to the FIN DB Manager who will assign and distribute the user ID and password. Passwords need to be changed every 6 months. The system is set up to automatically prompt the user to change the password after 6 months. The format of the password will be at least 6 characters with at least one (1) numeric (e.g. ABCDE1).

P. O. Box 726

Ocean Springs, MS 39566-0726

Phone 228-875-5912 , Fax 228-875-6604