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Information security is about addressing and reducing IT RISK. It’s easy to overlook risk as a topic when all you hear is talk about passwords, firewalls, encryption, policies, or two-factor authentication. In this section, you’ll read about how the university is at risk and what you can do to reduce the risk in your group, department, and college.
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Cyber Security 101 — Insider Threats
OIT receives many questions about cyber security, especially about what users can do to protect themselves. That is why we have an active security awareness program; we want to help users become secure and make the most of technology. Good Cybersecurity practices are not that hard; you only have to know and follow a few…
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Considering Social Media Privacy
Most people would never consider walking into a crowded room and loudly broadcasting to total strangers all the details of their private life—from their health issues to their family and friends’ names, ages, jobs, or school locations. Ironically, these same individuals don’t think twice about posting that same information on social media. The ramifications of…
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Context is Everything!
One definition of context is the circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea and in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed. It isalso one of the reasons that every cyber security professional respond with, “…it depends” when asked about a control in a security plan. UT Policy requires…
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Cybersecurity…why?
Passwords, two-factor, encryption, firewalls, phishing campaigns, and awareness training? How do these efforts “make us more secure?” Some may even ask, “Why bother? Won’t the hackers just get the information anyway?” Or even, “Do we REALLY need this level of information security?” Pick one: If you picked “4,” you may quit reading this. If you…
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Events in Eastern Europe
With recent events in the news, we know you have questions and concerns. One of those may be about cybersecurity. Am I or is our company more likely to come under attack? Am I at greater risk? We don’t have all the answers, nor do we know what will happen next. But we know from a cybersecurity…
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Cyber Security 101 – Insider Threat
OIT receives a lot of questions about cyber security, especially about what users can do to protect themselves. That is why we have an active security awareness program; we want to help users become secure and make the most of technology. Good Cybersecurity practices are actually not that hard; you only have to know and…
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Don’t Be a Victim of Cyber Crime!
The term “cybercrime” usually refers to any criminal offense committed against or with the use of a computer or computer network. A cybercrime incident can lead to loss of institutional and consumer confidence, financial loss, productivity loss, and even loss of intellectual property [think: research data]. For something to be considered a crime, however, requires…
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It’s Tax season – Don’t be a victim!
Its tax season, and soon, the W-2’s and associated forms will start circulating, which means we must be aware of tax scams. In past years, there have been three popular scams criminals have used that people fall victim to. The three scams include falsifying tax returns and filing them in a victim’s name, calling a victim…
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There’s no security without “U”
One of the biggest risks that we face is the loss of our data. Whether it is cyber-breach, a stolen mobile device, or a stack of spreadsheets accidentally thrown away in an unsecured receptacle, the result is the same: our information falls into the hands of folks who are not authorized to view it. We…