IT Standards and Guidelines

North Dakota Century Code (Chapter 54-56-09) mandates that NDIT and OMB must develop Information Technology standards, policies, and guidelines. This is accomplished collaboratively with participation from state agencies and the Enterprise Architecture program.

IT Standards

Business Capability

• Accounts Payable Standard
• Accounts Receivable Standard
• Administrative User Credential Management Standard
• Chatbot Standard
• Contact Center Standard
• Digital Asset Management Standard
• Digital Whiteboard Standard
• Document Management Platform Standard
• Electronic Signature Standard
• Enterprise Learning Management Standard
• Event Ticketing Standard
• File Management, Personal Standard
• File Transfer, Managed Standard
• Fixed Asset Management, Large Standard
• General Ledger Standard
• Geographic Information Systems Standard
• Grant Management Standard
• Identity and Access Management Service, State Entity Standard
• Identity Provider, Public Standard
• Identity Provider, State Entity Standard
• Incident Management Standard
• Interactive Voice Response (IVR) Standard
• Office Productivity Suite Standard
• Project Management Solutions Standard
• Talent Management Standard
• Training Course Development Standard
• Virtual Event Management Standard
• Virtual Meetings Standard
• Web Content Management System Standard
• Workforce Management Time & Labor Standard

Business Services

• Record of Postmark Date Standard
• Signature Demonstration Symbol Standard

Digital Services

• Authentication, Public Standard
• Authentication, State Entity Standard
• Document Management Standard
• Domain Name Standard
• E-Services Privacy Standard
• E-Services Security Standard
• Electronic Data Backup Standard
• Imaging Standard
• IT Services Standard
• Operating System Standard
• Record Migration Standard
• Web Development Standard

Managed Systems

• Active Directory Standard
• Auditing Standard
• Database Standard
• Desktop Application Suite Standard
• Desktop Management Suite Standard
• Email Standard
• Enterprise Database Security Standard
• Server Operating Systems Standard

Networking

• Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) Standard
• Enterprise WiFi Standard 
• Layer 2 IP Network Switching Standard
• Layer 3 NAT Networking Standard

Procurement

• Information Technology Procurement Standard

Project Management

• Project Management for Information Technology Standard

Security

• Acceptable Use of Electronic Communication Devices Standard
• Access Control Standard
• Anti-Malware Standard
• Employee Security Awareness Standard
• Encryption Standard
• Incident, Prevention, Response, and Notification Standard
• Mobile Device Access Control Standard
• Physical Access Standard
• Public Workstation Access Standard
• Remote User Access Standard

IT Guidelines 

Records Management

• Electronic Records Management Guidelines
• Electronic Signature Guidelines

Security

• International Traveler Guidelines