Website Security Policy of Jawaharlal Nehru University, Ministry of Education, Government of India:

Jawaharlal Nehru University, Government of India have a responsibility to protect from disclosure to unauthorized parties the personally identifiable information (name, address, date of birth, social security number, etc.) of its website users. Therefore, Jawaharlal Nehru University has adopted and implemented a website security policy to protect account information of its website users.

 

  •  Jawaharlal Nehru University has been placed in protected zones with implementation of firewalls and IDS (Intrusion Detection System) and high availability solutions.
     

  • Before launch of the Jawaharlal Nehru University, simulated penetration tests have been conducted. Penetration testing has also been conducted one time after the launch of the Jawaharlal Nehru University.
     

  • Jawaharlal Nehru University has been audited for known application-level vulnerabilities before the launch and all the known vulnerability has been addressed.
     

  • Hardening of servers has been done as per the guideline of Cyber Security division before the launch of the Jawaharlal Nehru University.
     

  • Access to web servers hosting Jawaharlal Nehru University is restricted both physically and through the network as far as possible.
     

  • Web-servers hosting Jawaharlal Nehru University are configured behind IDS, IPS (Intrusion Prevention System) and with system firewalls on them.
     

  • All the development work is done in a separate development environment and is well tested on the staging server before updating it on the production server.
     

  • After testing properly on the staging server, the applications are uploaded to the production server using SSH and VPN through a single point.
     

  • The content contributed by/from remote locations is duly authenticated & is not published on the production server directly. Any content contributed has to go through the moderation process before final publishing to the production server.
     

  • All contents of the web pages are checked for intentional or unintentional malicious content before final upload to web server pages.
     

  • Audit and Log of all activities involving the operating system, access to the system, and access to applications are maintained and archived. All rejected accesses and services are logged and listed in exception reports for further scrutiny.
     

  • Help Desk staff at the Department IT centre to monitor the Jawaharlal Nehru University at intervals of weekly to check the web pages to confirm that the web pages are up and running, that no unauthorized changes have been made, and that no unauthorized links have been established.
     

  • All newly released system software patches; bug fixes and upgrades are expediently and regularly reviewed and installed on the web server.
     

  • On Production web servers, Internet browsing, mail and any other desktop applications are disabled. Only server administration related tasks are performed. Server passwords are changed at the interval of three months and are shared by Web Information Manager (WIM). 
     

  • Web Information Manger (WIM) have been designated as Administrator for the Jawaharlal Nehru University and shall be responsible for implementing this policy for each of the web servers. The administrator shall also coordinate with the Audit Team for required auditing of the server(s).
     

  • The Jawaharlal Nehru University has been audited before launch and has complied with all the points mentioned in the policies document of the Cyber Security Group mentioned above.
     

  • Jawaharlal Nehru University has also been subjected to an automated risk assessment performed through vulnerability identification software before and after the launch and all the known vulnerabilities have been addressed.
     


Notice and Disclosures:
Jawaharlal Nehru University will not sell, trade, nor disclose the personally identifiable information of its website users to any unauthorized third parties.


Data Quality and Access:
Jawaharlal Nehru University, Government of India take all steps possible to ensure that the data on the website is accurate. If something is found to be inaccurate Jawaharlal Nehru University will make every effort to correct said information as quickly as possible. If it is found to be an inaccuracy with the entire system Jawaharlal Nehru University as trouble-free as possible. Any change to your user account will not be reflected on the website until the following business day. The information contained on the Jawaharlal Nehru University, Government of India website is subject to change without prior advance notice.