Statement

WTAMU reviews and confirms ongoing operational need for current logical and physical access authorizations to information systems/facilities when individuals are reassigned or transferred to other positions within the organization; initiates reassignment actions upon transfer, notifies, and modifies access authorization as needed to correspond with any changes in operational need due to reassignment or transfer.

Applicability

This Control applies to all West Texas A&M network information resources. The intended audience for this Control includes all information resource owners, custodians, and users of information resources.

Implementation

It is the responsibility of a transferring employee’s former manager, and/or their new manager, and Human Resources to notify IT as soon as feasible in the event of an employee transfer.

IT along with the employees former and new manager shall review and confirm ongoing operational need for current logical and physical access authorizations to systems. Following the review IT shall modify access as needed to correspond with any changes needed due to reassignment or transfer.

Upon request from the applicable management, previous access can be extended based on sufficient business need or for legal requirements/holds. Requests should document a justification for the extension and the length of the requested extension, for approval by the ISO and CIO.