In a guest post for National Cyber Security Awareness Month, April Chang, Business Systems Analyst with the Privacy Office at Information Technology Services, explains the limitations of the privacy of your University email and shares work email best practices.  We … Read more

In a guest post for National Cyber Security Awareness Month, Alex Everett, Information Security Engineer at Information Technology Services, discusses ways to help protect your online safety. If you’re like the average person, rarely a day goes by without you … Read more

In a guest post for National Cyber Security Awareness Month, William Allen, Information Technology Services’ On-Site Support for the University Registrar, explains how password management systems can help us protect our online information.   In our increasingly connected world almost … Read more

In a guest post for National Cyber Security Awareness Month, Jim Gogan, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Communication Technologies at Information Technology Services, explains how UNC-Chapel Hill’s new primary wireless connection eduroam can ensure the most secure transmission of both your … Read more

A Q&A with Kevin Lanning, UNC-Chapel Hill Chief Information Security Officer   What is your strategy for information security at Carolina? Collaboration is critical. We collaborate with IT directors across campus, as well as faculty and staff, so that we … Read more

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

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

  Did you know that most of the email coming to UNC-Chapel Hill email addresses is junk? Spam, phishing, viruses and other bad emails account for 92.8 percent of the email received at Carolina over the previous six months. That … Read more

As part of your life or work on campus, consider the amount of email you send and receive each day and all the digital devices you use. You’re texting and emailing from the time you wake until your head finally … Read more

The Sensitive Information Remediation Project, better known as Project SIR, is a campus-wide initiative with the purpose to scan, find, delete and/or secure sensitive information. Project SIR is being implemented across campus by units, departments and individuals invested in the … Read more

This video is courtesy of the Stop.Think.Connect campaign as part of the National Cyber Security Awareness Month.   As big data breaches such as those targeting Home Depot and Target increasingly grab headlines, one security tool with a technical-sounding name … Read more