University business conducted using University tools is in compliance with University regulations and policy, and is protected by contractual and other security measures not available to consumer tools.
Tool | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Level 4 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Consumer Email (Gmail, Yahoo, etc) | ✔️ | * | ❌ | ❌ |
Consumer Google Drive - All tools | ✔️ | * | ❌ | ❌ |
Consumer Dropbox, Evernote | ✔️ | * | ❌ | ❌ |
Harvard standard email | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ |
Harvard Google Drive/Docs (g.harvard) | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ |
Harvard Office365 OneDrive/SharePoint | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ |
Microsoft Teams | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ |
Harvard Zoom - follow security guidance | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ |
Harvard Slack (FAS first, and expanding) | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ |
Harvard Confluence/Wiki (behind HarvardKey) | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ |
Harvard Dropbox | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ |
code.harvard.edu | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ ¹ | ❌ |
Network File Share | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️² |
Harvard Zoom - follow security guidance, no recording | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️² |
Harvard Office365 "HRCI" SharePoint | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️² |
Accellion Kiteworks | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Harvard Office Message Encryption ("OME") | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Notes:
*Consumer Versions not recommended for University business.
¹ Level 3 limited to private projects
² L4 with special controls setup
See the Data Classification Table for examples of data at levels one through four.
Level 5 data applies only to research data per IRB and requires security consulting for special handling.