New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 1 - GENERAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
Chapter 12 - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Part 20 - INFORMATION SECURITY OPERATION MANAGEMENT
Section 1.12.20.25 - PROTECTION AGAINST MALICIOUS CODE

Universal Citation: 1 NM Admin Code 1.12.20.25

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024

A. Software and any other mechanism to prevent intrusions shall be implemented across agency systems to prevent as well as detect the introduction of malicious code. The introduction of malicious code can cause serious damage to networks, workstations, and business data.

B. Agency users shall be informed of the dangers of unauthorized or malicious code.

C. Agency shall implement controls to, first, detect and then prevent any computer virus from being introduced to the agency environment. The types of controls and frequency of updating signature files shall be dependent on the value and sensitivity of the information at risk.

D. For most agency workstations, virus signature files shall be kept updated by the agency system administrator. On host systems or servers, the signature files shall be updated when the virus software vendor's signature files are updated and made available.

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