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potential to impact UW's IT infrastructure
requires access to administrative information systems
stores or processes personal information
subject to accessibility requirements
subject to Financial Systems Assessment Committee’ (FSAC) approval (e.g. e-commerce).
subject to information risk assessment. (Please refer to the Information Risk Assessment website for more information on When to engage an Information Risk Assessment)
Examples of purchases that would be included are:
A new online system that needs the list of registered students
A registration system involving payment of fees
Examples of purchases not requiring CIO approval:
Most desktop applications
Adobe acrobat
Note: If you are unsure whether your software purchase falls within any of the above criterion, please consult with your area IT personnel, or contact the CIO at ist-cp@lists.uwaterloo.ca.
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