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Appendix C 111AWS-OPEN Rules of Behavior 1.0 INTRODUCTION The following rules of behavior apply to all persons with application accesses to the Kittitas County Sheriffs Office Interoporablo Systoin(s) and/or who have been issued a COGID with associated credentials for 1PAWS-OPEN. These individuals shall be held accountable for their actions related to the information resources entrusted to them and must comply with the following rules or risk losing their access privileges. The Rules of Behavior apply to users on official travel as well as at their primary workplace (e.g., Emergency Operations Center — EOC) and at any alternative workplace (e.g,, telecommuting from a. rernote or satellite site) using any electronic device including laptop computers and -Portable electronic devices (PED's). PED's include personal digital assistants (PDA's) (e.g. Palm Pilots), cell phones, text messaging systems (e.g., Blackberry), and plug-in and wireless peripherals that employ removable media (e.g. CDs, DVDs, etc.). PEM also encompass USB flash memory (thumb) drives, external drives, and diskettes. These Rules of Behavior are consistent with existing DHS policies and DHS.111-forination Technology (IT) Security directives and are intended to enhance the awareness of each user's responsibilities regarding accessing, storing, receiving and/or transmitting information using IPAWS-OPEN. 2.0 APPLICNICION RULES 2.1 Official Use • IPAWS-OPEN is a Federalapplication to be used only in the performance of the user's official duties in support of public safety as described in the National Incident Management System (NIMS). • The use of the IPAWS-OPEN for unauthorized activities is prohibited and could result in verbal or written warning, loss of access rights, and/or criminal or civil prosecution. • By utilizing IPAWS-OPEN, the user of the interoperdble system(s) consents to allow system monitoring to ensure appropriate usage for public safety is being observed. • The Kittitas County Sheriffs Office will be hold accountable for safeguarding all con -figuration items and information entrusted to them by FEMA, The Kittitas County Sheriff s Office is expected to manage the relationship with supporting vendors, consultantsandany other entities providing system support on their behalf. In addition, the Kittitas County Sheriffs Office will be hold accountable in the event of a security breach or disclosure of sensitive configuration information such as digital certificates, The Kittitas County Sheriffs Officeunderstands that the use of digital Signatures, used on their behalf, is binding and the Kittitas County Sheriff s Office will be held accountable accordingly. In the event sensitive information is mishandled, * utilization of JPAWS-OPEN may be immediately revoked by FEMA.