New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 1 - GENERAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
Chapter 12 - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Part 10 - INTERNET, INTRANET, EMAIL AND DIGITAL NETWORK USAGE
Section 1.12.10.7 - DEFINITIONS

A. access means the ability to read, change, or enter data using a computer or an information system;

B. equipment means computers, monitors, keyboards, mice, routers, switches, hubs, networks, or any other information technology assets;

C. freeware or shareware means software that is available free of charge and available for download from the internet. Freeware is protected by a copyright and is subject to applicable copyright laws;

D. information technology resources (IT resources) means computer hardware, software, databases, electronic message systems, communication equipment, computer networks, telecommunications circuits, and any information that is used by a state agency to support programs or operations that is generated by, transmitted within, or stored on any electronic media;

E. malicious code means any type of code intended to damage, destroy, or delete a computer system, network, file, or data;

F. pirated software means licensable software installed on a computer system for which a license has not been purchased or legally obtained;

G. security mechanism means a firewall, proxy, internet address-screening or filtering program, or other system installed to prevent the disruption or denial of services or the unauthorized use, damage, destruction, or modification of data and software;

H. sexually explicit orextremist materials means images, documents, or sounds that can reasonably be construed as:

I. user means any person authorized by a state agency to access state IT resources, including a state employee, officer or contractor; a user for purposes of this rule does not include a person who accesses state telecommunications resources offered by the state for use by the general public.