September 7, 2017 All Articles, Announcements/Events 0
By David Rusting. Registration for the fourth biannual UC Cybersecurity Summit, October 18, 2017, at UC San Diego, is now open. Please join us for a full day of information and insights about cybersecurity and cyber-risk management – and to…
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February 23, 2017 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
By Crystal Ross O’Hara, Lead Communications Analyst, Risk and Safety Solutions, UC Davis. Public service is a core mission of the University of California and one way it is achieved is by sharing innovations and technology from campuses to the…
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February 10, 2017 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
By Alexa Rivetti, IT Communications Coordinator, UCOP. Over 80 cybersecurity professionals converged at UC Berkeley’s Memorial Stadium on November 9, 2016, for the second biannual UC Cybersecurity Summit. The event was informative, positive, and fun. Lawyers, professors, and programmers formed…
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December 15, 2016 All Articles, Feature Articles 1
All year, every day, the UC IT community supports modernization, efficiency, and innovation. Whether big or small, every step is progress. UC IT had some remarkable achievements this year that you should know about. Here is my list of the…
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October 25, 2016 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
By Tolgay Kizilelma, Chief Information Security Officer, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources. Technology is an integral part of our daily lives, which means cybersecurity and cyber-risk are becoming ever more important. With the growth in digital information and increased reliance…
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October 18, 2016 All Articles, Feature Articles 1
By Dewight Kramer, information security consultant, UC Davis. This last year it has been my pleasure to work closely with the university’s procurement department in an advising capacity to review the contracts, and especially the Data Security and Privacy appendix,…
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October 13, 2016 All Articles, Spotlights 0
By Audrie Ramirez, information security intern, UCOP. Sam Horowitz’s passion for information technology developed in his early teens. His father taught data processing and he found himself picking up books to learn more. A Texas native, he earned an undergraduate…
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October 11, 2016 All Articles, Feature Articles 2
By Julie Goldstein, cyber-risk IT security analyst, UCOP. The need for cybersecurity is increasingly evident. Major cyber attacks, ransomware attacks, and data breaches are in the news regularly. Criminals and hackers are constantly coming up with new schemes designed to…
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October 6, 2016 All Articles, Spotlights 0
By Audrie Ramirez, information security intern, UCOP. Patrick Phelan is chief information security officer (CISO) at UCSF, one of the top health care institutions in the United States. He has spent his entire career in IT within the UC system….
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October 4, 2016 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
By Wayne Fischer, Sr. Information Security Analyst, UC Davis. Ransomware is a type of malicious software (malware) that denies a user access to their system or files and demands payment to regain access. It is a threat to everyone because…
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