Dear Colleagues,<\/p>\n
When team members leave a clinic or research team, their access needs to be removed immediately to prevent former team members from accessing records they should no longer have access to.<\/p>\n
Why is removing access so important? <\/strong><\/p>\n How is access removed at BU?<\/strong><\/p>\n Like most things that are security related – it is a team effort.\u00a0 Generally, faculty and staff are responsible for asking bumchelp@bu.edu<\/a> to remove access to network drives (aka BUMC Y Drive).\u00a0 Similarly, faculty and staff are responsible for removing access to BU Microsoft apps, such as Teams, SharePoint, and OneDrive.<\/p>\n Why is access removal not automatic? <\/strong><\/p>\n University culture often encourages continued access.\u00a0 For example, because we want to maintain relations with alumni and retirees, their BU Kerberos account is not disabled.\u00a0 So, anyone who has taken a class or retires from BU may continue to have access to BU services after they have left.\u00a0 This makes sense for our academic mission, but not for healthcare and some research activities.<\/p>\n\n