The Protect IU Blog
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Responding to a phish.
Posted by on January 29, 2013 at 5:07 PM ESTThis morning I got three phishing email messages. They came From different senders.
From: Indiana University <ABarrientos@med.miami.edu>
Subject: Important secure message
To: Undisclosed recipients:;From: Indiana University <skonig@towson.edu>
Subject: Important secure message
To: Undisclosed recipients:;
From: Indiana University <mcfarlia@mailbox.sc.edu>
Subject: Important secure message
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Free Digital Citizenship Book Download!
Posted by on January 25, 2013 at 1:29 PM ESTIn honor of Data Privacy Day 2013, Intel and Reed Elsevier are making the best-selling digital citizenship book, lol...OMG! available absolutely FREE (reg. $19.95) Jan 25 - 29, 2013.
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Privacy Awareness Videos Now Available
Posted by on January 25, 2013 at 9:11 AM ESTIndiana University now has a number of short videos available for increasing the privacy awareness and expertise of our community.
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Preparedness Means Wearing Pants
Posted by on January 22, 2013 at 4:16 AM ESTIt's cold, colder than it's been in a while. This morning, every campus is experiencing temps in the teens, or colder, something that hasn't happened since the winter of 2010/11.
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The Next Alert Might Not Be From Us
Posted by on January 17, 2013 at 11:55 AM ESTWith each new communications technology, there are efforts to see how it can be used to warn people of danger. The town bell could be used to sound an alarm as well as toll the hour of the day, your tv could switch from showing you cartoons to giving you a weather alert, and IU-Notify can interrupt your dinner to let you know the campus may be about to experience something dangerous.
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Fight the Flu!
Posted by on January 16, 2013 at 10:35 AM ESTIt’s baaaack!
According to The Associated Press, the flu is widespread in the Hoosier state, although it hasn’t reached epidemic levels reported elsewhere. The state-by-state report said Indiana health officials are calling the 2012-13 flu season “moderately severe.”
As of Jan. 14, 21 flu-related deaths were reported in Indiana.
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Convincing Scam E-mail Targets Faculty, Staff, and Students
Posted by on January 14, 2013 at 12:28 PM ESTAttackers are targeting university faculty, staff, and students with a convincing but malicious e-mail message with the subject "Your Account May Have Been Compromised". If you receive this message or others like it, don't follow any of the links. Delete the message immediately.
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Posters for Promoting Privacy
Posted by on January 14, 2013 at 12:07 PM ESTYou, too, can help promote privacy awareness during Data Privacy Month! Consider downloading, printing, and distributing these free posters. They are good examples of simple and attractive awareness material that helps promote privacy-aware (and secure) information handling practices.
Please feel free to print them out and post them in prominent locations, distribute them in mailboxes, or use in other creative ways!
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ERM is a process, not a barricade
Posted by on January 10, 2013 at 2:10 PM ESTEnterprise Risk Management (ERM) is often looked at as a way to prevent risks from ever happening. In other words, when the threat occurs, a barricade is in place to prevent any damage from happening. By taking this approach, many strategists will be let down. And wrong.
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January is Data Privacy Month!
Posted by on January 3, 2013 at 8:36 AM ESTIt's a new year - a perfect time to make some resolutions to better protect your privacy, and that of those whose personal information you collect, store, and use at work. January is Data Privacy Month, with January 28 being celebrated around the world as International Data Privacy Day!
Here are some ways to refresh your knowledge about privacy-aware business and consumer practices this month:
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