To address security and confidentiality, NCON’s electronic systems require user IDs and passwords, include firewalls,
and have restricted user access and local database restrictions. In addition, to ensure ethical compliance, faculty, staff, and students sign a confidentiality statement as part of the CEBE and Student Code of Conduct. Further, each month the IT Department conducts federally recommended procedures for monitoring access and takes action when appropriate. The Ethics Committee deploys procedures for and monitors compliance with federal regulations, such as FERPA, related to the confidentiality of data.