The Protection of the Confidential Information at Universities

Abstract

Currently, the Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration becomes active. The universities are expected to manage confidential information appropriately, considering their specific circumstances such as student enrollment. Firstly, they figure out what information assets they have and select the confidential information from them. The construction of the internal information management systems and countermeasure according to the severity of the risks is also important.
For students who do not make employment contracts, the universities should consider the necessity of their participation into the research activities treating the confidential information and the use of the commitment form and/or the employment contract in terms of the confidential information, with a balance between the merit from the research and the obligation in managing the confidential information such as the limitation of publication of the research results.