Office of the UW Chief Information Security Officer
The Office of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) promotes a culture of shared responsibility to safeguard personal and institutional data. Services are designed to assist the UW community by monitoring, analyzing, and forecasting threats to information assets, advising on risk management and on contracts related to data security, providing in-person and online education, consulting on incident management, and developing and managing University policies related to information security.
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Security and privacy news
Protect yourself from summer scams
June 16, 2021
Learn how to recognize fraudulent emails, text and calls that flourish during the summer and attempt to get you to send or receive money advances with promises of easy jobs, tuition discounts or other rewards. These approaches by cybercriminals are not new, but they are growing increasingly sophisticated. So, learn what you can do to protect yourself.
Learn how UW-IT is bolstering regional network security for higher education
June 9, 2021
The routing infrastructure of the UW-IT-operated Pacific Northwest Gigapop (PNWGP) service features reinforced defenses against attempts to spoof legitimate network traffic. These security efforts are part of a global initiative that advocates for crucial fixes to reduce the most common routing threats that aim to get at systems and data, and it is supported by the Internet Society, whose mission is to work for an open, globally connected, secure, and trustworthy Internet for everyone.
Keep yourself and your devices safe during the upcoming travel season
May 27, 2021
Traveling this summer for work or school? Learn how to keep your mobile devices, your data and UW data safe — and pick up other travel tips with this handy guide.
Signing in to UW Microsoft will be easier, more secure
May 24, 2021
All active UW Microsoft accounts will be moved to the cloud-based sign in by June 17, which will make the experience simpler, yet secure. Check out the new experience rolling out next month. If you encounter an error when you sign in to Microsoft on June 17, check out the troubleshooting guide to learn what to do.
Boost your data security by opting in to 2FA on the web
May 12, 2021
You’ve been using two-factor authentication (2FA) at your financial institutions and with Workday to protect your personal data. Now, students, faculty and staff can protect more of your data by opting in to two-factor authentication (2FA) when signing in with their UW NetID on the web.
Strengthen your password security for World Password Day on May 6
May 5, 2021
Get tips in this video for smart computing, including strengthening your password by using a combination of letters, numbers and special characters for strong passwords and avoiding using the same password for multiple websites, accounts and applications.
