Tag Archive: Cybersecurity
UC Tech News
January 9, 2019
All Articles, Feature ArticlesCamille Crittenden, Cybersecurity, diversity, Jeané Blunt, UC Cyber Security Summit, UC Riverside, UCR
By Jeané Blunt. Camille Crittenden was the keynote speaker at the biannual UC Cyber Security Summit, held at UC Riverside, October 24, and hosted by the UC Cyber-Risk Coordination Center. She spoke compellingly about the lack of diversity in…
Read more about Improve Cybersecurity by Cultivating a Diverse Workforce
UC Tech News
December 19, 2018
All ArticlesCENIC, Cybersecurity, UC Santa Cruz, UCSC
Developing a campus-wide Science DMZ takes time, commitment, and lots of advocacy, according to Joshua Sonstroem, systems administrator at the University of California, Santa Cruz. If successful, however, the resulting cyberinfrastructure helps ensure that faculty and students can join in…
Read more about Leading the Charge on Science DMZs to Support Big-Data Research
UC Tech News
December 5, 2018
All Articles, Feature ArticlesCybersecurity, Information Security, Scott Seaborn, UCOP
By Scott Seaborn. On May 25, 2018, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went live, significantly changing the international privacy landscape and raising the regulatory stakes for institutions and companies working with the personal data of persons in Europe. …
Read more about What Does Europe’s New Privacy Law Mean for UC?
UC Tech News
November 28, 2018
All ArticlesCybersecurity, Information Security, UCOP
Online shopping continues to grow in popularity. This past Cyber Monday was the biggest online shopping day ever in the US, and broke records in mobile sales. Unfortunately, the ease and convenience of online shopping makes the holiday season…
Read more about Protect Yourself while Shopping Online
UC Tech News
October 31, 2018
All Articles, Feature ArticlesCybersecurity, Halloween, Information Security, Julia Chen, National Cyber Security Awareness Month, NCSAM, UCOP, Yvonne Tevis
By Yvonne Tevis. It was a stormy night on the Dark Web. But on a sunny UC campus one morning, Jack Tern was plowing through email. The ‘replies-to-all’ were driving him batty. So much work piling up, meetings to arrange, invoices…
Read more about Money, Mayhem, Mortality: A Cyber Tale
UC Tech News
October 31, 2018
All ArticlesCybersecurity, Information Security, MFA, National Cyber Security Awareness Month, NCSAM, UCOP
By Timo Papandreopoulos and Julie Goldstein. Passwords are the keys to most devices and almost everything you do online. Unfortunately, even the best passwords can get hacked, stolen, or unintentionally shared. Fortunately, there is an easy way to add another…
Read more about Lock Down Your Login with MFA
UC Tech News
October 22, 2018
All ArticlesCybersecurity, Information Security, Isabelle Nguyen, Julie Goldstein, Michelle Phung, National Cyber Security Awareness Month, NCSAM, UCOP
By Michelle Phung, Isabelle Nguyen and Julie Goldstein. Passwords are the key to almost everything you do online, and you probably have multiple passwords that you use throughout the day. Choosing hard-to-hack passwords and managing them securely can sometimes seem…
Read more about Tips for Selecting & Managing Passwords
UC Tech News
October 17, 2018
All ArticlesAnthony Horn, Carson Black, Cybersecurity, Information Security, Jereon Post, Keith David Watenpaugh, Mark Miller, Shawn DeArmond, UC Davis, UCD
A team from Information and Educational Technology is behind a very human project that launched in June to help Syrian refugees in Lebanon reclaim their right to education. Web developers did the custom programming for the Article 26 Backpack,…
Read more about IET Team behind Project to Help Syrian Refugees Reclaim Right to Education
UC Tech News
October 17, 2018
All ArticlesCybersecurity, Information Security, National Cyber Security Awareness Month, UC Santa Barbara, UCSB, WiFi
By Kevin Valdez and Julie Goldstein. How do I connect securely when I’m on campus? If you have the option, connect to a wired port on campus. If you have to use wireless, make sure you are connected to your…
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UC Tech News
October 3, 2018
All ArticlesBill Green, Cybersecurity, Information Security, Julie Goldstein, National Cyber Security Awareness Month, NCSAM, Timo Papandreopoulos
By Bill Green, Timo Papandreopoulos and Julie Goldstein. Every new cyber-attack or scam seems to be accompanied by a barrage of cybersecurity tips, pointers, dos and don’ts that we’re expected to follow to keep ourselves and our families safe and secure….
Read more about Make It a Habit! Eight Habits to Keep You Safe Online