Technology Services provides a suite of IT security tools to help protect against threats. These tools are automatically provided on all university-owned computers. Security policies are provided and updated by UW System. Conceptually, we help with the following protections:
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Protecting Personal Information
- Monitors for sensitive information such as social security numbers and alerts when information matching certain digital footprints is detected
- Can alert based on location logins. If a person logs in from campus then fifteen minutes later logs in from China, a notification can be sent.
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Protecting You from Known Malicious Websites
- Cisco Umbrella
- Blocks high-risk content from known sites in the following areas;
- Terrorism
- Illegal activities
- Illegal downloads
- Protects all devices while on the campus network
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Intrusion Detection
- Alerting based on network intrusion attempts
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Antivirus
- Cisco Secure Endpoint
- Pre-installed on all university workstations and iOS devices
- User accessible for
- Scanning
- Virus/malware removal
- Accessible from the system tray (PC) or toolbar (Mac)
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Email Phishing Mitigation
- Report email messages as phishing or mark as junk using the report message button in your Outlook application or the Junk | Phishing button in the Outlook web application
- Reporting phishing email messages helps to identify trends and expedite the blocking of known malicious email senders
Policies