Tag Archive: Cybersecurity
UC IT News
December 15, 2016
All Articles, Feature ArticlesCybersecurity, Healthcare, IT Wins, Slack
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…
Read more about 5 Top Wins in 2016 for UC IT
UC Tech News
October 25, 2016
All Articles, Feature ArticlesCISO, Cybersecurity, Tolgay Kizilelma, UC ANR
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…
Read more about The Financial Implications of Cybersecurity Risk
UC Tech News
October 18, 2016
All Articles, Feature ArticlesCybersecurity, Dewight Kramer, UC Davis, UCD
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,…
Read more about Cloud Security and Contractual Responsibility
UC Tech News
October 13, 2016
All Articles, SpotlightsAudrie Ramirez, CISO, Cybersecurity, Sam Horowitz, UC Santa Barbara, UCSB
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…
Read more about Spotlight: Sam Horowitz – Cryptography Enthusiast and CISO at UCSB
UC Tech News
October 11, 2016
All Articles, Feature ArticlesCybersecurity, Julie Goldstein
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…
Read more about Tips for Staying Cyber Secure
UC Tech News
October 6, 2016
All Articles, SpotlightsAudrie Ramirez, CISO, Cybersecurity, Patrick Phelan, UC San Francisco, UCSF
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….
Read more about Spotlight: Patrick Phelan – Once a UCLA Bruin, Now CISO at UCSF
UC IT News
October 4, 2016
All Articles, Feature ArticlesCybersecurity, Information Security, Wayne Fischer
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…
Read more about Ransomware Rising: Putting Our Files at Risk
UC Tech News
September 27, 2016
All Articles, Announcements/EventsCybersecurity, Julie Goldstein
Posted by Julie Goldstein, Cyber-risk IT security analyst. Throughout October, National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM), the UC IT Blog will run a series of articles to promote cybersecurity awareness at UC. NCSAM is an annual, national campaign to raise…
Read more about October Is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month!
UC IT News
June 28, 2016
All ArticlesCybersecurity, Presidential Commission, Tom Andriola, UC CIO
I was invited to participate on one of several panels providing input to the Presidential Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity about securing the future of the digital economy. The event took place June 21 at the UCB Center for Long-Term…
Read more about Presidential Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity
UC Tech News
March 15, 2016
All ArticlesCybersecurity, Leah Burns, UC Irvine, UCI
Posted by Leah Burns, IT Communications Coordinator, UCOP. “We need to make a collective effort to stay well-informed about what causes cyber risk,” said UC CIO Tom Andriola at the 2016 Cybersecurity Summit. “As perpetrators get more sophisticated, stakes rise…
Read more about UC IT Security Professionals Gather at UCI