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Finally, the Security Office must be involved early on when developing funding proposals that will place new infrastructure at NCSA. This is because special requirements could require extra planning by security staff or even have extra costs that must be accounted for in the proposal. For example, storing protected health information could requires require clearance with the University, contracts to be signed, and additonal additional audits. It could also require offsite hot backups and special support commitments for emergency modes of operation, and all of this costs money and time.
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