Box Security

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Secured Folder in Box

In some instances that a secured Box folder is necessary - for Research or IRB Grant Data - please contact the Security Operations Team in the USF IT Office of Information Security: secops-help@usf.edu


Box Groups

Box groups must be initially created by IT Box administrators - however you can be granted a Group Admin permissions to maintain membership of your groups in Box after they are created. 

 

Box Security vs Security of Other Storage Options

StoragePublicSensitive DataFERPA/Student DataPII / Social SecurityHIPAA / PHI
USF Box

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Departmental Mapped Network Drive

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

Encrypted Flash Drive

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

DropBox

yes

no

no

no

no

Google Apps (Google Docs & Drive)

yes

no

no

no

no

Microsoft OneDrive

yes

no

no

no

no

Adobe Creative Cloud

yes

no

no

no

no