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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.​​​


  • Is Your CISO a Little Paranoid?
    As an IT Security professional, I like to think I am paid to be at least a little paranoid or I wouldn’t be doing my job.
  • Spear Phishing Just Won't Go Away!
    Spear phishing, as predicted, has come on strong already in 2021.
  • Happy Privacy Day...and other Cyber Security News
    Did you know that January 28 is Data Privacy Day?
  • Cyber Security and 2020
    It’s hard to believe that tomorrow is the first day of December! Keeping this in mind, I want to remind everyone that hackers are more likely to initiate scams at this time of year, regardless of a global pandemic.
  • The External Email Issues
    You may remember the confusing external emails we all received at the first of October. One email was from McLean & Company asking UT faculty/staff to complete a survey about the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Security Awareness
    ​I can’t believe it’s that time of the year already! No, I’m not talking about fall and the days getting shorter with the weather getting colder. I am talking about your annual required Securing the Human (STH) security awareness training.
  • Don't Click; Don't Connect; Don't Reply
    How many of us go to conferences or events and then get inundated with emails from vendors we met while at these conferences?
  • IT Security Policy Updates
    As promised, I am trying to keep everyone informed of policy updates, so this month I would like to talk about two of those policies.
  • Updating NetReg
    A while back, I told everyone about UTIA IT0304P - Network Registration Procedures​. The procedures are for properly registering your Institute-owned IT assets so the Network Registration (NetReg) database would have the assets’ correct information.
  • Securely Returning to Work
    We are about to enter Phase II of the return and I just want to be sure everything is secured before going straight back to the work network.
  • Communicating About IT Security
    I have been giving a lot of thought as to how I may better communicate trending scams.
  • 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.