Tag Archive: Information Security
UC IT Blog
October 20, 2016
All Articles, SpotlightsAudrie Ramirez, Dewight Kramer, Information Security, UC Davis, UCD
By Audrie Ramirez, Information Security Intern, UCOP. Dewight Kramer, information security consultant at UC Davis, took a five-year detour from studying philosophy and computer science to serve as a martial arts apprentice. But higher education never lost its appeal, and…
Read more about Spotlight: Dewight Kramer – Martial Artist and Information Security Consultant
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 IT Blog
August 31, 2016
All Articles, SpotlightsAlexa Rivetti, Audrie Ramirez, Information Security, UCOP
Posted by Alexa Rivetti, UCB student intern, UCOP. “I never thought I would learn this much about UC,” said Audrie Ramirez, recent graduate of CSU East Bay, and information security intern at UCOP. “I actually didn’t know that much about…
Read more about Spotlight: Audrie Ramirez – Information Security Intern Extraordinaire
UC IT Blog
August 30, 2016
All Articles, Feature ArticlesAlexa Rivetti, Audrie Ramirez, Information Security
Posted by Alexa Rivetti, IT Marketing Intern, UCOP. Practicing good information security is easy! Learn how to keep your information safer in just thirty seconds, with the three simple security tips in the video below. Filmed on the 7th floor…
Read more about InfoSec in Seconds: Simple Security Tips
UC IT Blog
February 16, 2016
All ArticlesAlexa Rivetti, Data Privacy, Information Security, Jenn Stringer, Lisa Ho, UC Berkeley, UCB
Posted by Alexa Rivetti, UCB Student Intern, UCOP. Decisions we make every day about our online footprint actually shape our digital privacy throughout the year. International Data Privacy Day, held on January 28, promotes awareness about making digital privacy our…
Read more about UC Berkeley Celebrates Data Privacy Day
UC IT Blog
February 4, 2016
All Articles, SpotlightsInformation Security, Kent Wada, UC Los Angeles, UCLA, Yvonne Tevis
Posted by Yvonne Tevis, ITS Chief of Staff, UCOP. UCLA’s chief privacy officer, Kent Wada, received the Privacy Leadership in Education Award this fall from the California Information Security Office (COIS). This was the first COIS award for privacy;…
Read more about Spotlight: UCLA’s Kent Wada – Champion of Privacy
UC IT Blog
December 16, 2015
All ArticlesAnnelie Rugg, Information Security, UC Los Angeles, UCLA
Posted by Annelie Rugg, Humanities CIO, UCLA Center for Digital Humanities. Data is a hot topic, not just in digital humanities, but throughout academia, as well as in medicine, commerce, public policy, etc. ‘Big data’, ‘deep data’, ‘metadata’, ‘data visualization’…
Read more about Why not start by stopping to think: Where’s your data?
UC IT Blog
October 29, 2015
All ArticlesCybersecurity, David Rusting, Information Security
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…
Read more about Data, Data Everywhere – Especially Restricted Data
UC IT Blog
October 23, 2015
All ArticlesInformation Security, Linh Sithihao, UC Irvine, UCI
Posted by Linh Sithihao, Information Security Officer, UC Irvine Health. The ever increasing usage of mobile devices provides convenience to the workforce. However, cybercriminal activity targeting mobile devices and data privacy can have dire consequences, including tracking users, stealing mission…
Read more about Best Practices for Mobile Device Security
UC IT Blog
October 8, 2015
All ArticlesInformation Security, Julie Goldstein, Phishing
Adapted from an article submitted by Julie Goldstein, Manager, ITS Client Services and Security, UCSC. High-profile data breaches occur in all industries: the federal government, big corporations, the entertainment industry, higher ed… A recent analysis of the Dec. 2013
Read more about Social Engineering: You’re the Phish on the Spear
