Tag: cybersecurity
MSU IT Research & Security Presentation and Workshop
- Tuesday, November 15, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. at the MSU Union Ballroom
- Register here
- All Spartans interested in research cybersecurity are welcome!
Special guest Chief Information Security Officer Mike Corn, UC San Diego, and CISO Tom Siu, MSU, discuss cybersecurity trends in the research space. All Spartans who work or are interested in cybersecurity or academic research are welcome to attend. Read Full Article →
Michigan State Police: Cyber Threats and Scams Webinar
- Monday, October 31, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. on Zoom
- Register Register here
- All Spartans are welcome!
Detective Sergeant Sam North, Michigan Cyber Command Center (MC3), will discuss common cyber threats and scams lurking online. North will also present ways to identify phishing e-mails, tips to improve cybersecurity and explore criminal investigations related to network intrusions. Read Full Article →
Cybersecurity Awareness Month Webinars
October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month and Michigan State University Information Technology wants to ensure that you stay safe and secure online–which means more than just creating a strong password. Protecting yourself and the MSU community is all about increasing your knowledge so that you can decrease cybersecurity risk. The more aware you are, the safer and more secure you will be. Read Full Article →
MSU IT and MSU Police Unite to Fight Cybercrime
As the coronavirus pandemic unfolds, stories of campus heroes have emerged. From healthcare workers on the frontline to homemade 3D-printed face shields, Spartans are coming together to support those in need. While heroes provide care, malicious actors are using the crisis to exploit others online.
Recently, the FBI reported a significant increase in coronavirus-related scams and cyberattacks, some of which have been directed toward the Michigan State University community. Read Full Article →
MSU IT: Protecting Spartan Data
In practice, data is more than the information that we put into our systems. Data hold people’s identities, the keys to unlocking research quagmires, and the ability to change the way we interact with the observable world. That is why we take data security seriously at MSU IT.
We understand deeply that the data we have must be protected from individuals with less altruistic incentives than those of the faculty, researchers, and students at MSU. Read Full Article →
Cyber Security: Every Spartan’s Responsibility
Cyber security is every Spartan’s responsibility. That is why MSU IT participates in National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM) to help keep the MSU community informed about simple ways everyone can stay safe online. Learn cyber security best practices and tips through MSU IT’s blog and Twitter account. These tips can help you understand the simple, proactive measures you can take to protect your digital identity. Read Full Article →
SecureIT site provides information security guidelines to MSU community
The SecureIT site recently launched to provide the MSU community with one place for guidelines and best practices on information security.
MSU employees first used the site as part of the two-factor authentication rollout in March and April 2015.
The site also includes personal safe computing information, ways to safeguard your devices, phishing precautions, password tips, and illegal file sharing details. Read Full Article →
October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month
This year’s theme is Our Shared Responsibility. MSU Information Technology (IT) Security encourages the community to get involved and do their part to make our Internet, MSUnet, safer and more secure for everyone.
- Read information posted on MSU’s technology security site at tech.msu.edu/secureIT/
- Check the STOP-THINK-CONNECT Web site for additional information at staysafeonline.org/
MSU Security Summit to be held October 14
The first MSU Security Summit will be held October 14 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon in the MSU Union.
The event offers a chance for MSU IT staff to discuss security topics as part of their jobs and the greater campus community. Space is limited, so register now via EBS. Read Full Article →
IT Services warns about CryptoLocker malware, cybersecurity
IT Services is warning computer users about a particularly vicious kind of malware, called CryptoLocker.
How CryptoLocker worksCryptoLocker encrypts or freezes large parts of a Windows PC’s hard drive, then asks the user to pay to regain access.
Once CryptoLocker installs itself, it contacts a remotely operated server run by criminals, called a command-and-control server. Read Full Article →
