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NEWS: A sobering look at how cyberattacks on healthcare systems effect patients 

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If you attended the virtual August 14th Information Technology Policy and Security (ITPS) meeting, you heard a startling and informative presentation from a UC San Diego physician about cyberattacks and healthcare.   In his presentation Leeches,…
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NEWS: UC Cyber Champions Group gathers for the first time for SANS Institute “Managing Human Risk” training at UCLA

Participants in SANS training at UCLA

When Cecelia Finney, Manager, Systemwide Human Risk Management and Strategy at the University of California, Office of the President (UCOP), took the Managing Human Risk course through the SANS Institute (SANS), she knew she had to find a way to…
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EVENT: Early Bird Registration Extended to 8/2/24 for 2024 UC Cyber Security Summit on October 9

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The UC Cyber Security Summit was originally born out of the need to connect cyber security professionals across UC in order to discuss ideas and best practices, share information, and learn from each other. That collaborative and community spirit remains…
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ANNOUNCEMENT: Call for stories – 2024 UC Cyber Risk Program Annual Report

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How do you tell the story of something that didn’t happen?   That is one of the challenges of telling the stories around cyber-security. Often the story is about what didn’t happen. There are many stories like this that originate…
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NEWS: Damian Luna Joins UC Office of the President to Develop Security Risk Assessment Unit

Damian Luna, CISSP, CISM, CRISC, Cyber Risk Assessment Unit Manager

According to the 2023 IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report, the average cost of a data breach in 2023 was $4.45M. This is one reason companies and organizations perform regular security risk assessments, which typically involve identifying, assessing, and…
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NEWS: UC Santa Barbara Leads $20M AI Cybersecurity Initiative

Robot image from 2023 cyberrisk program annual report

UC Santa Barbara is leading a $20 million research institute for next-level AI-powered cybersecurity. This groundbreaking project, Agent-based Cyber Threat Intelligence and Operation (ACTION), is an effort to bring continuous learning and reasoning of AI to security threats. The project…
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UC Cyber Risk Program Annual Report Spotlights Accomplishments and Goals 

The 2022 Cyber Risk Program Annual Report cover featuring participants in the UC Irvine Robotics Lab

Since its inception in 2015, the UC Cyber Risk Program has emphasized the importance of building partnerships and creating opportunities for collaboration.  The Cyber-risk Coordination Center (C3) collaborates with UC locations to collect and share stories around cybersecurity and risk…
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UC Needs You to Help Manage Supplier Cyber Risk

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By Matthew Linzer. The University of California spends billions of dollars every year on goods and services provided by suppliers (sometimes called vendors or third parties). These represent a vast and diverse group of small, medium, and large businesses; complex…
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Let’s Look Under the Hood: UC’s Information Security Policy, IS-3

By Robert Smith. Recently, I attended an advanced training course delivered by one of UC’s IT pros. The instructor did a good job, but I noticed they were using old terms that did not align with our current electronic information…
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