Service Name | UT Contract | Centrally Supported | For Students | For Staff/Faculty | Published Data | Controlled Data | Confidential Data | HIPAA | FERPA | SSNs | PCI | ITAR | IRB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Most ===> | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No* | Yes | |
DropBox (www.dropbox.com) | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | None ===> | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Some ===> | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | |
Qualtrics (utexas.qualtrics.com) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Some ===> | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
| Microsoft OneDrive (onedrive.live.com) | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Some ===> | No** | Yes | No** | No** | No** | No** |
| Apple iCloud (www.icloud.com) | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | None ===> | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Austin Disk (utexas.edu/its/storage/)*** | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Some ===> | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No* | Yes |
UT Enterprise Bulk Storage (UTEBS) (utexas.edu/its/storage/)*** | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Some ===> | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No* | Yes |
Virtual Servers (UT VMG)(utexas.edu/its/vserver/)*** | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Some ===> | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No* | Yes |
| ITS-Supported MySQL (utexas.edu/its/mysql/)**** | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Some ===> | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No* | Yes |
| ITS-Supported SQLServer (utexas.edu/its/sqlserver/)**** | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Some ===> | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No* | Yes |
| ITS-Supported Oracle (utexas.edu/its/products/oracle/)**** | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Some ===> | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No* | Yes |
*It may be possible to store ITAR protected data if properly encrypted prior to being uploaded, but faculty should consult with the Information Security Office to determine if there are any other issues or concerns.
** Currently, the MS-Office for iPad suite only allows OneDrive (or DropBox) to be used for backend storage. The MS-Office for iPad is not permitted to be used where any such university data is associated.
***Non-cloud storage service, included for sake of comparison.
****Database service, included for sake of comparison.
NOTE: There is no university contract in place for DropBox. As a result, no usage involving protected or restricted university data is permitted.
For more information about data classification, please refer to the UT Austin Data Classification Standard.
For any related questions, please contact the Information Security Office (security@utexas.edu).
