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As a part of the Institute’s Security Awareness, Training, and Education program, monthly emails with tips and advice dealing with current IT security issues are sent to all UTIA employees. These emails help keep us all aware of security matters while also educating us on what to look for and how to report problems.​


  • Beyond Phishing
    During this unprecedented time of most everyone working remotely, I would like to refresh your memory of known attacks and add a couple more to look out for.
  • Securing the People Using the Data
    When it comes to IT Security, we spend so much time talking about securing the assets and data, we don’t think about the people responsible for securing the data.
  • VPN Usage
    A VPN Is used to extend a private network across a public network as a way to permit users to send and receive data across the public network.
  • Time to Review the AUP
    As the year comes to an end, I want to remind everyone of our most comprehensive, thus important, IT security policy, the AUP.
  • Windows 7
    On October 1, I sent a message about the impending Windows 7 end of support, but this message is one that bears repeating. Windows 7 is reaching its end of support on January 14, 2020.
  • Time for Training!
    It’s that time of year again…time for security awareness training.
  • Departmental IT Security Audits
    Audit and Compliance is visiting with departments to assess their knowledge of the IT security program.
  • CIA and the Principle of Least Privilege
    In IT security, the CIA Triad (Confidentiality – Integrity – Availability) has only three goals: 1) protect the confidentiality of the data; 2) preserve the integrity of the data; and 3) promote the availability of the data for authorized use.
  • Windows Patching
    Security depends, in part, on keeping your operating system patched.
  • PII Awareness and Protection
    Personally Identifiable Information, or PII, is that information used to identify or trace an individual’s identity.
  • Incident Response
    People from higher education, corporations, and government entities across the state all have one thing in common…Incident Response issues.
  • Spring Cleaning For Your IT Assets & Data
    Finally, spring has arrived and now is a good time to do some spring cleaning, and not just at home!