The purpose of this handbook is to help managers and users of information resources gain an understanding of the basic knowledge necessary to protect these resources. Information resources include the procedures, equipment, facilities, software and data which are designed, built, operated and maintained to collect, record, process, store, retrieve, display and transmit information. Gaining knowledge about how to protect these resources can ensure that potential for intrusion, alternation, or loss will be less damaging. This handbook should also be considered a guide for learning best practices for securing information resources - it is a guide to help protect against security breaches, unauthorized or improper access to computing resources, unauthorized disclosure of information, and internal and external threats. The responsibilities of University faculty, staff, and students are presented, and, links to UNT Computing Policies, Guidelines, and Handbooks, as well as links to State and Federal laws have been included to provide a basis for the standards that governed the development of the handbook.