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PERMITTED STORAGE

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Product	Low (Level 1)	Moderate (Level 2)	High (Level 3)	Restricted (Level 4)
Adobe Creative Cloud Sync	Yes	Yes	No	No
Amazon	Yes	Yes	Yes with ATO	Yes with ATO
ArcGIS Online	Yes	Yes	Yes with ATO	Yes with ATO
Azure	Yes	Yes	Yes with ATO	Yes with ATO
Box@PSU User Account	Yes	Yes	No	No
Canvas	Yes	Yes	No	No
CrashPlan/Code 42	Yes	Yes	ATO Required: Contact OIS	ATO Required: Contact OIS
Departmental File Server	Yes	Yes	Yes with ATO	Yes with ATO
Digital Signage	Yes	No	No	No
Dropbox	Yes	No	No	No
EIT Data Warehouse	Yes	Yes	No	No
EIT Hosted Enclave	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Globus	Yes	Yes	No	No
Google Docs	Yes	Yes	No	No
Google Drive	Yes	Yes	No	No
Google Forms	Yes	Yes	No	No
Google Groups	Yes	Contact OIS: email security@psu.edu	No	No
Google Hangouts Chat	Yes	Yes	No	No
Google Hangouts Meet	Yes	Yes	No	No
Google Jamboard	Yes	Yes	No	No
Google Sheets	Yes	Yes	No	No
Google Sites	Yes	Contact OIS: email security@psu.edu	No	No
Google Slides	Yes	Yes	No	No
Roar Hosted Enclave	Yes	Yes	Yes with ATO	Yes with ATO
Learning Resource Network (LRN)	Yes	Yes	No	No
LionPath	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
MetricWire (SRC Instance)	Yes	Yes	No	No
Microsoft Forms	Yes	Yes	No	No
Microsoft Teams	Yes	Yes	No	No
Office 365 Exchange/Outlook	Yes	Yes	No	No
OneDrive	Yes	Yes	No	No
OneNote	Yes	Yes	No	No
PASS	Yes	Yes	No	No
Penn State Box Non-Person Account (NPA)	Yes	Yes	No	No
Personally-owned Devices	Yes	No	No	No
Qualtrics	Yes	Yes	No	No
RedCap	Yes	Yes	Contact OIS: email security@psu.edu	Contact OIS: email security@psu.edu
Scholarsphere	Yes	No	No	No
SharePoint (local instance)	Yes	Yes	Yes with ATO	Yes with ATO
SharePoint (Office365)	Yes	Yes	ATO required; consult with OIS	ATO required; consult with OIS
ServiceNow	Yes	Yes	No	No
sites.psu.edu	Yes	No	No	No
Slack	Yes	No	No	No
TSM Backup	Yes	Yes	Contact OIS: email security@psu.edu	Contact OIS: email security@psu.edu
U Drive (not departmental drive)	Yes	Yes	No	No
UCS Briefcase	Yes	Yes	No	No
V-Note	Yes	Yes	Contact OIS: email security@psu.edu	Contact OIS: email security@psu.edu
VMHosting	Yes	Yes	No	No
VM Hosting (Secure Enclave)	Yes	Yes	Yes with ATO	Yes with ATO
Wikispaces (Local instance)	Yes	Yes	Yes with ATO	Yes with ATO
Wikispaces (Penn State)	Yes	Yes	No	No
WorkLion	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Yammer	Yes	No	No	No
Zoom	Yes	Yes	Contact OIS: email security@psu.edu	Contact OIS: email security@psu.edu