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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September 27, 2016 All Articles, Announcements/Events 0
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…
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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…
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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…
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October 29, 2015 All Articles 0
Posted by David Rusting, Chief Information Security Officer, UCOP. We are surrounded by data, all the time. Whether in our professional or personal lives, we use all types of data every day to help make our lives easier and to…
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October 15, 2015 All Articles 0
Posted by Dewight F. Kramer, Information Security Consultant, UCD. It should be no surprise that patching, both operating systems and applications, is arguably one of the best things that can be done for increasing cybersecurity. The Verizon 2015 Data Breach…
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October 1, 2015 All Articles 0
October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month. Each week the UC IT Blog will feature a cyber security message by UC security and policy personnel. Posted by Greg Fellin, IT Policy Coordinator, UCM. We all know that having a…
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