Tag Archive: Cybersecurity

NEWS: Spotlight on UC Security Leaders – Excerpt From the 2024 Cyber Risk Program Annual Report

March 24, 2025 All Articles, , , , , , ,

April Sather and Allison Henry, ORBIES finalists

This story, and associated stories, appear in the 2024 Cyber Risk Program Annual Report. Read the report in its entirety here: https://security.ucop.edu/files/documents/2024-annual-report.pdf In the recently published Cyber Risk Program Annual Report, we spotlighted two UC security leaders…
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NEWS: Driving Innovation: Cybersecurity Enhancements Across UC

March 17, 2025 All Articles, , ,

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A version of this story, and associated stories, appear in the 2024 Cyber Risk Program Annual Report. Read the report in its entirety here: https://security.ucop.edu/files/documents/2024-annual-report.pdf

Improving UC’s security posture

As cybersecurity threats become increasingly sophisticated, our…
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NEWS: 2024 Cyber Risk Program Annual Report: Showcasing the Innovators, Tools, and Strategies Securing UC

February 27, 2025 All Articles, ,

2024 Cyber Risk Program Annual Report

The newly published 2024 Cyber Risk Program Annual Report highlights the initiatives, people, services and tools that manage and reduce cyber risk at every UC campus, health center, and lab.  

Highlighting UC stories and successes 

The…
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EVENT: Save the Date! 2025 UC Cyber Security Summit Takes Place August 20 at UCLA

January 24, 2025 All Articles, , ,

2024 Cyber Security Summit Speaker Laz

Save the date for the 16th UC Cyber Security Summit – held at UCLA on August 20, 2025. Registration opens in June. The summit brings together people from across the university and beyond to discuss and…
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NEWS: Unique Semi-Truck Tour at UC Irvine Equips Students for Success in Cybersecurity

November 13, 2024 All Articles, , , , ,

Cyber@UCI Club inside cybersecurity semi-truck

In celebration of Cybersecurity Awareness Month and in collaboration with the UC Cyber Security Summit held this year at UC Irvine, members of the Cyber@UCI Club experienced an immersive tour of a cutting-edge cybersecurity command center located inside of a…
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NEWS: 15th Cyber Security Summit – Insights and Innovations

October 24, 2024 All Articles, , , , ,

Photo of speaker blurred with microphone in the foreground at Cyber Security Summit

On October 9, 2024, on the UC Irvine campus, over 200 attendees gathered for the 15th Cyber Security Summit. This year’s event, true to its theme Protecting Today, Innovating Tomorrow, served as a platform for information security professionals from the…
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NEWS: Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2024: Protecting Our Digital Lives

October 3, 2024 All Articles, , , ,

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In today’s digital age, we often overlook how artificial intelligence (AI) can play a pivotal role in enhancing our cybersecurity measures. As cyber threats continue to evolve, so too must our defenses.

The role of AI in cybersecurity

AI excels…
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NEWS: A sobering look at how cyberattacks on healthcare systems affect patients 

September 19, 2024 All Articles, , ,

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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

August 21, 2024 All Articles, , , ,

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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