Recently, the techniques used by hackers and e-mail spammers have gotten more and more sophisticated. While it’s obvious that a spammer sent an e-mail from a Nigerian widow seeking to transfer $10 million USD, sometimes things aren’t that clear. New scams seem to appear everyday and hackers are now turning to cold calling over the… Read more at the full article: Protect Yourself from Spammers and Hackers
Tag Archives: security standards
Protect Yourself from Spammers and Hackers
Posted in Alerts, General Announcements Also tagged e-mail, identity management, security and privacy, telecommunications, telephone, University Community, webmail
Talbot-Hubbard Appointed Chief Information Security Officer
The OCIO recently announced the appointment of Julie Talbot-Hubbard as chief information security officer for Ohio State, effective October 3, 2011. With the hiring of Talbot-Hubbard, the OCIO is taking IT security to the next level… Read more at the full article: Talbot-Hubbard Appointed Chief Information Security Officer
Posted in General Announcements Also tagged security and privacy, University Community
Mobile Devices and IT Security
With the first example of wild malware on phones beginning to circulate through compromised mobile applications, it is important that we begin to consider some of the information we can share with our user community to help protect not just themselves, but also the data they create and share through these devices. Recently, the android… Read more at the full article: Mobile Devices and IT Security
Posted in General Announcements Also tagged mobile devices, security and privacy, SECWOG
Windows Server 2008 Critical Server Standard Template Developed by OSU Community
Compliance with the university’s computing security standards is a key part of improving the maturity of our overall It Security Framework. While not all elements of the security standards are easily mapped to features and policy objects under Microsoft’s Windows operating systems, the university Windows administrator community recently recognized an opportunity to simplify compliance though… Read more at the full article: Windows Server 2008 Critical Server Standard Template Developed by OSU Community
Posted in General Announcements, Services Also tagged security and privacy, SECWOG
