ITEC Policies & Standards | Kansas State Office of Information Technology Services EBIT

1000 Series - Applications and Software

1000 Series Policies

No.	Title	Effective	Revised	Purpose
1100	Software Licensing	2000-10-26	2023-06-20	To recognize requirements established by copyright laws and common licensing
1200	Acceptable Internet Use	2019-09-10		To establish a common and uniform acceptable use policy for all state entities regarding the use
1210-P	Information and Communication Technology Accessibility Policy	2000-10-26	2025-03-25	This policy contains scoping and technical requirements for information and communication technology
1500	Software Code	2000-07-27	2023-06-20	To establish a common, uniform policy for state entities regarding ownership and distribution of Software Code

1000 Series Standards & Guidelines

No.	Title	Effective	Purpose
1100-S	Software Use and Licensing Standard	2023-06-20	To define the ITEC-1100-P minimum standards and procedures.
1100-S Attachment A	Software End of Life Management Plan Template	2023-06-20	Used to create a Software End-of-Life Management Plan.
1100-S Attachment B	Software Inventory Template	2023-06-20	Used to create a software inventory.
ITEC-1220-G	Guidance for Secure Video Conferencing	2021-06-15	To serve as a recommendation to state entities and establish guidelines with cybersecurity principles
1500-S	Ownership of Software Code and Related Intellectual Property Standard	2023-06-20	To define the ITEC 1500-P minimum standards and procedures.
1500-S Attachment A	Sample Contractual Statements	2023-06-20	Boilerplate Statement of Ownership for Software Code and Intellectual Property for procurement instruments and contracts where the state retains sole ownership
1500-S Attachment B	Intent to Sell or Share Software Code or Intellectual Property	2023-06-20	Use to request CITO approval to sell or share software code or intellectual property owned by Kansas.

2000 Series - Project Management

2000 Series Policies

No.	Title	Effective	Revised	Purpose
2400	IT Project Plan Approval and Project Status Reporting	2000-10-28	2023-07-01	To establish a policy for the approval of projects that include the use of information systems or communications technology.
2410	IT Project Oversight	1999-10-14	2010-07-15	To establish a policy for the external independent oversight of information technology projects within entities.
JCIT1	JCIT Policy 1	1998-12-15		The purpose of this document is to establish a common understanding of the measures that will be considered...
JCIT2	JCIT Policy 2	1998-12-15		The purpose of this document is to establish a common understanding of the measures that will be considered...

2000 Series Standards & Guidelines

No.	Title	Effective	Revised	Purpose
2400-S	IT Project Plan Approval and Project Status Reporting Standard	2000-01-10	2023-07-01	The 1998 Senate Bill (SB) 5 defines an information technology project as a major computer, telecommunications, or...
2410-S	IT Project Oversight Standards			The Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) contractor will provide an IV&V assessment function...

3000 Series - Governance

3000 Series Policies

No.	Title	Effective	Revised	Purpose
ITEC-3000-P	Information Technology Policies and Standards	2021-06-15		To define the terms, “policy,” “standard,” and “guideline” and to describe how the Kansas Information Technology...
3100	IT Advisory Board Charter	1999-10-14	2006-04-27	To establish an Information Technology Advisory Board (ITAB) to the Chief Information Technology Officer, Executive...

4000 Series - Architecture

4000 Series Policies

No.	Title	Effective	Revised	Purpose
4000	KITA Review Board Charter	1999-10-19	2006-10-26	To establish the Kansas Technical Architecture Review Board (KTARB) to advise the Chief Information Technology Architect.
4010	KITA Compliance	1999-10-19	2006-10-26	To define the requirements for compliance with Kansas Information Technology Architecture for all info...
4020	KITA Change Management	1999-10-14	2006-10-26	To define the change management procedures for the Kansas Information Technology Architecture.

5000 Series - Business Contingency

5000 Series Policies

No.	Title	Effective	Revised	Purpose
5300	Business Contingency Planning	1999-10-14	2021-09-14	This policy is for the development of entity business continuity plans to ensure that all entities...
5310	Business Contingency Implementation	1999-10-14	2021-09-14	To implement the ITEC Information Technology Policy 5300 concerning Business Contin...

6000 Series - Data, Records, and Content

6000 Series Policies

No.	Title	Effective	Revised	Purpose
6100	GIS Metadata Policy	1999-10-14	2020-03-10	To establish a policy concerning the documentation standard for geographic information systems (GIS) databases.
6120	GIS Cadastral Policy	1998-06-01	2007-04-01	To establish a policy concerning a standard for GIS Cadastral Data.
6180	Water Utility Data Policy	2008-10-23		To establish a policy to ensure the accuracy, reliability, and accessibility of water utility data for use...

6000 Series Standards & Guidelines

No.	Title	Effective	Purpose
6120A	GIS Cadastral Standard	1997-08-01	The Kansas GIS Cadastral Standard forms the basis for automating the legal elements of cadastral...
6180A	Water Utility Data Standard	2008-09-01	This document provides guidelines by which public water suppliers may acquire water utility...
6401G	Email Guidelines	2020-06-09	The State Records Board and the Information Technology Executive Council present these guidelines...

7000 Series - Security

7000 Series Policies

No.	Title	Effective	Revised	Purpose
7000-P	IT Enterprise Security Policy	2024-11-01		This policy establishes the foundational requirements for developing, implementing, and enforcing enterprise information technology security policies, standards, and procedures applicable to the Executive Branch.
7010-P	Access Control Policy	2024-11-01	2024-12-17	This policy establishes security requirements and ensures appropriate mechanisms for the control, administration, and tracking of access to State information assets.
7012-P	Remote Access Security Policy	2024-11-01		This policy establishes uniform security controls for remote access across all applicable Entities.
7014-P	Critical Vulnerability Patching Policy	2024-11-01		This policy aims to reduce the organization's exposure to cyber threats by ensuring the timely application of critical patches that address issues affecting the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of information and digital assets.
7016-P	Domain Name Policy	2024-11-01		This policy establishes the mandatory use of “.ks.gov” or “.gov” domain names for all official online communications, publications, service delivery, online content design, and digital product development for covered entities within the State of Kansas.
7018-P	IT Asset Management Policy	2024-12-01		This policy establishes a uniform approach to IT Asset management to ensure that components of the state network are accounted for and visible to software tools for monitoring the attack surface.
7020-P	Software Usage Restriction Policy	2024-12-01		This policy establishes software usage and non-standard software restrictions.
7022-P	Configuration Management Policy	2024-12-01		This policy establishes standards to ensure baseline Configuration Settings are maintained to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of State information assets.
7024-P	Cloud Security Policy	2025-02-01		This policy establishes minimum information security requirements for Cloud Services.
7026-P	Identification and Authentication Management Policy	2025-02-01		This policy establishes minimum requirements for implementing identification, authentication, and authorization controls to ensure only authorized individuals, systems, and processes can access Information Assets and Information Systems.
7028-P	Media Protection Policy	2025-02-01		This policy establishes requirements for protecting data in all forms and media throughout their lifecycle based on sensitivity, criticality, value, and the impact of a loss of confidentiality, integrity, and availability on applicable stakeholders.
7030-P	Mobile Device policy	2025-02-01		This policy establishes specific security requirements for Mobile Devices.
7032-P	Telework Policy	2025-02-01		This policy defines the security requirements and procedures for Organizational Users who telework to ensure the protection of the Entity’s information and systems.
7034-P	Acceptable use of IT Policy	2025-03-01		This policy establishes minimum requirements for the acceptable use of IT Resources to protect users’ resources.
7036-P	IT Hardware Maintenance Security Policy	2025-03-01		The purpose of this policy is to ensure IT Assets are properly maintained to minimize risks from emerging information security threats and prevent the potential loss of confidentiality, integrity, or availability due to system failures.
7038-P	Personnel Security Policy	2025-04-01		The purpose of this policy is to ensure that Executive Branch personnel have the appropriate background, skills, and training to perform their job responsibilities in a competent, professional, and secure manner.
7040-P	Physical and Environmental Security Policy	2025-04-01		This policy establishes requirements to ensure that Entities’ information assets are protected by physical controls to prevent tampering, damage, theft, or unauthorized physical access.
7042-P	Information Security Program Policy	2025-04-01		This policy defines and establishes roles and responsibilities for managing information security within the Entity.
7044-P	Information Security Risk Management Policy	2025-04-01		This policy establishes requirements for identifying, assessing, treating, and monitoring information security risks to Entity operations, information systems, and information.
7046-P	Security Awareness Training Policy	2025-05-01		The purpose of this policy is to ensure Organizational Users are aware of Information Security threats to the State’s information assets, understand their responsibilities, and are aware of the statutory and policy requirements that are intended to protect State information and information systems from a loss of confidentiality, integrity, or availability.
7050-P	Secure System Development Policy	2025-07-01		The purpose of this policy is to establish common expectations Entities will follow to reduce the number of vulnerabilities in released software, mitigate the potential impact of the exploitation of undetected or unaddressed vulnerabilities, and address the root causes of vulnerabilities to prevent future recurrences.
7052-P	Information Security Exception Policy	2025-07-01		To establish a clear and structured process for requesting, evaluating, and approving security exceptions. Security exceptions are deviations from established security policies, standards, or controls, and this policy ensures that such deviations are carefully considered and appropriately mitigated.
7054-P	Open-Source Software Security Policy	2025-10-01		The purpose of this policy is to establish a consistent and organized approach for evaluating, approving, implementing, monitoring, and retiring Open-Source Software (OSS) to ensure that its use supports the agency’s mission while safeguarding the confidentiality, integrity, availability, and ownership of the State’s information systems, software assets, and intellectual property.
7230	Enterprise Security Policy			This policy is superseded by ITEC 7000-P IT Enterprise Security Policy.
7300	Security Council Charter	2015-01-16	2022-07-01	To establish an Information Technology Security Council (ITSC) that is advisory to the Information Technology...

7000 Series Standards & Guidelines

No.	Title	Effective	Revised	Purpose
7230A	IT Security Standards	2019-07-01		To define the Information Technology Policy 7230 minimum security standards and procedures for. .

8000 Series - Shared Solutions

8000 Series Policies

No.	Title	Effective	Revised	Purpose
ITEC-8000-P	Kansas Data Review Board Charter	2021-07-01	2021-06-15	To establish the Kansas Data Review Board (KDRB) to advise the Chief Information Tech...
ITEC-8010-P	Kansas Data Review Board Policy	2021-07-01		To define the policy and requirements for Kansas data management for all agency...

8000 Series Standards & Guidelines

No.	Title	Effective	Revised	Purpose
ITEC-8010-A	Kansas DATA Review Board Standards	2021-07-01		To define the Information Technology Policy 8010 minimum security stand...
ITEC-8010-B	Data Sensitivity Worksheet (Excel)	2021-07-01

9000 Series - Infrastructure

9000 Series Policies

No.	Title	Effective	Revised	Purpose
9200	Public Key Infrastructure	2001-07-19	2007-07-26	To establish policy for the implementation and use of public key infrastructure within Kansas state government...
9210	Identity Management Group Charter	2008-07-24		To establish an Information Technology Identity Management Group that is advisory to the Information...
9500	Wireless Local Area Network Policy	2006-04-27	2023-06-20	To establish a common, uniform use policy for all state agencies regarding the acquisition, installation...

9000 Standards & Guidelines

No.	Title	Effective	Revised	Purpose
9200A	Kansas PKI Certificate	2009-06-26		This CP governs the issuance and use of certificates for the purposes of authentication, signature...
9500-S	Wireless Local Area Network Standard	2023-06-20		To define the ITEC 9500-P minimum standards and procedures.
9500-S Attachment A	Kansas IT Architecture Waiver Request	2023-06-20		Used to request a waiver from ITEC-4010-P KITO compliance requirements.
9500-S Attachment B	Wireless Infrastructure Inventory Template	2023-06-20		Template for the creation of a Wireless Infrastructure Inventory
9501	KITA Wireless Architecture Section	2011-07-01	2023-06-20	Updated Wireless Section of the Kansas IT Architecture.