October is National Cyber Awareness Month, so this week's release is dedicated to security and privacy issues.
CIO Security Awareness:The CIO at the University of Guelph has initiated a security awareness campaign targeted at keeping private information safe and improving online security for students, faculty, and staff. The goal of the campaign is to raise overall awareness and to reduce the number of compromised accounts. To spread security awareness systemically across the institutional community, all students, faculty, and staff will be enrolled in a security awareness course on Courselink. University of Guelph
Daily Tips:At Seneca College, the Information Technology Services (ITS) department is providing tips throughout the month of October to improve cyber awareness. Their awareness approach is intended to get the community to think about the security of computers and electronic devices, and what they can do to improve it. The first week of the campaign covered mobile security and this week the tips are focusing on phishing. Seneca College
Security Resources:
At Carleton University, members of the community are reminded of the security services and resources available from the Computing and Communication Services department. Their site includes tips on how individuals have a responsibility in improving IT security, how to protect themselves online, and how to protect their computer against viruses. They also provide some links to external IT security resources. Carleton University
Anti-Virus Software:
Memorial University provides information about their anti-virus software services. They provide virus protection for University owned computers as well as free anti-virus software for home use. These options are available for faculty, staff, students, and alumni. Everyday is a MUN-day
Mobile Security:
The University of British Columbia has a site dedicated to Mobile Security. It reminds users of their obligation to protect personal information that may be stored on their devices and provides a series of resources explaining how to keep the information on their mobile device safe if it is lost, stolen, or hacked. University of British Columbia
Question:
Privacy laws in some provinces are quite stringent relevant to other provinces. Such legislation makes it difficult for institutions in these provinces to use foreign-based cloud computing and other hosted services. Do you feel this puts these institutions at a competitive disadvantage with the rest of Canada?
Please forward any comments to mprroman@gmail.com and responses will be published next week.
