UPB reserves the right to make changes to this Technology Infrastructure Use Policy at any time, and such changes will be properly announced.
Category Archives: Política de Utilização das Infraestruturas Tecnológicas
Responsibility
The UPB assumes no responsibility for the use of its infrastructures when this involves any action contrary to the law, the statutes and regulations and these provisions, and such responsibility rests with the users.
Non-compliance and incident response
As part of its responsibilities for responding to security incidents and detecting vulnerabilities, the UPB team responsible analyzes cases of non-compliance with these provisions. In each case, it notifies the infrastructure manager, the head of the respective unit and the offender, if identified, and assesses the decision to temporarily suspend access to the technological infrastructure …
Monitoring and recordkeeping
In compliance with its legal and statutory obligations, the UPB monitors and records the use of the technological infrastructures under its management, namely with the aim of keeping the records deemed necessary for the correct technical support of the equipment and guaranteeing the security of the Institute’s infrastructures. This monitoring will be carried out in …
Privacy and personal data processing
As part of the pursuit of its mission and duties, UPB collects some personal data from users when they use its infrastructures. UPB guarantees strict compliance with the legislation in force on data protection and privacy, as well as guiding its activity by guaranteeing the rights and freedoms of users, in accordance with its Data …
User identification and authorization
With the exception of publicly available content, access to UPB resources is granted through specific access credentials. The basic principle for creating user accounts for access to UPB’s technological infrastructures takes into account the user’s profile as well as the resource and/or service they need to access, also bearing in mind that UPB, as an …
Restrictions
As UPB is a user of the RCTS network (FCCN’s Network for Science, Technology and Society), any use of UPB’s technological infrastructures that violates the rules set out in the network’s User Charter (rules available at www.fccn.pt) is not permitted. The use of UPB’s technological infrastructures does not permit any action that violates the rules …
General principles
The use of UPB’s technological infrastructures must be carried out in strict accordance with the institution’s statutes, with a view to pursuing its mission, under the terms of article 2 of Law no. 62/2007, of 10 September (which approves the Legal Framework for Higher Education Institutions). The principle of responsible use applies to all …
Users
Users of the UPB’s technological infrastructures are considered to be the following users with a contractual relationship, namely: teachers, researchers, non-teaching staff, grant holders and other service providers. Students, retirees and retired or emeritus professors are also considered users. It is also possible to create accounts for other elements with occasional or temporary links to …
Purpose and scope
The purpose of the Policy for the Use of UPB’s Technological Infrastructures is to define the guiding principles for the correct and responsible use of technological resources, with a view to the security of the organisation, its users and the pursuit of UPB’s Mission.