Texas Administrative Code

Texas Administrative Code

TITLE 13	CULTURAL RESOURCES
PART 1	TEXAS STATE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 7	LOCAL RECORDS
SUBCHAPTER C	STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES FOR MANAGEMENT OF ELECTRONIC RECORDS
RULE §7.75	Security of Electronic Records

(a) Local governments must implement and maintain an electronic records security program for office and storage areas that:

(1) ensures that only authorized individuals have access to electronic records;

(2) provides for backup and recovery of records to protect against information loss;

(3) ensures that authorized individuals are trained to safeguard confidential electronic records; and

(4) minimizes the risk of unauthorized alteration or erasure of electronic records.

(b) A duplicate copy of essential records and any software or documentation required to retrieve and read the records must be maintained in a separate storage area.

(c) For records stored on rewritable electronic storage media, local governments must ensure that read/write privileges are controlled and that an audit trail of rewrites is maintained.

Source Note: The provisions of this §7.75 adopted to be effective March 12, 1993, 18 TexReg 1271; amended to be effective October 2, 1995, 20 TexReg 7484; amended to be effective August 31, 2021, 46 TexReg 5389