Throughout October for National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM), ITS News will share tips, resources and insights with you on ways to protect your digital security and privacy. Our experts are from UNC-Chapel Hill’s Information Technology Services department and from … Read more

Effective communication with users and the support of leadership are two keys for successful adoption of the Sensitive Information Remediation Project, better known as Project SIR. That’s what Eric Richardson, with IT Operations within the Kenan-Flagler Business School, explains in … Read more

As departments and groups across UNC-Chapel Hill gradually implement the year-old Sensitive Information Remediation Project, employees of these units also have come to rely on the peace of mind that the initiative delivers. Christopher Derickson, Assistant Provost and University Registrar, … Read more

Staff members at the UNC-Chapel Hill Office of Human Resources recognize the importance of assessing the sensitive information they have on their computers and deleting and/or securing that information. The Office of Human Resources also appreciates the tools that Information … Read more

Do you feel confident and comfortable with the system you’re using to manage your work and personal passwords? That assumes you even have a system. With data breaches in the news practically every day, using a password management system is … Read more

  UNC-Chapel Hill’s Information Security Office repels thousands of attacks a day to the University’s computer systems and applications. “We also see a lot of what I’ll describe as knocking on the door, testing to see how vulnerable systems might … Read more

Since UNC-Chapel Hill launched the Sensitive Information Remediation Project last year, the campus community has demonstrated an exceptional collaborative spirit in scanning, finding, deleting and/or securing sensitive information on University computers. Matt Heinze, an information security specialist with Information Technology … Read more

The Sensitive Information Remediation Project, better known as Project SIR, is now more than 40 percent deployed, up from 20 percent three weeks ago. Since the project launched last year to scan, find, delete and/or secure sensitive information on University … Read more

The Sensitive Information Remediation Project, better known as Project SIR, is a campus-wide initiative to scan, find, delete and/or secure sensitive information. UNC-Chapel Hill units, departments and individuals across campus are protecting the University’s sensitive information by participating in Project … Read more

ITS is pleased to announce that Kevin Lanning has been selected as the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for UNC-Chapel Hill. Kevin has been a valued and respected member of the information technology community at Carolina since 1999, and his … Read more

If you have checked in with us throughout October for National Cyber Security Awareness Month, you should feel much better armed to fend off all those cybercriminals out there. For a refresher or in case you missed a few posts … Read more

In recent weeks, nearly five million Gmail addresses and passwords were found on a Russian security site. In a separate incident, a targeted attack on celebrities’ user names, passwords and security questions resulted in the leak of photos. Such incidents … Read more