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Latest Scams

Scams targeting university communities are increasingly sophisticated, such as recent scams involving login theft, fake job offers, and fake housing opportunities. These scams attempt to trick individuals into sharing personal information or making payments. Threat actors often impersonate real U-M faculty or departments to appear legitimate and convey a sense of urgency to get the individual to act without thinking.

 
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A New Safe Computing Page to Guide You Amid Global Misinformation Concerns

Misinformation has become a global concern, crossing international, political, and cultural boundaries. Stories such as, Meta vows to curtail false content, deepfakes ahead of Australia election, and China to crack down on stock market fake news as AI spurs misinformation, says state media highlight this trend.

 
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Reminder: Data Protection for Unit IT course Available in My LINC

Please remember that DPE110: Data Protection for Unit IT is available in My LINC. It provides IT professionals with an overview of their shared responsibility for protecting the university’s digital assets. This includes understanding data classification at U-M, gaining basic knowledge of FERPA, HIPAA, and PCI, and learning how to safeguard institutional data and stay safe online.

To have it assigned to IT professionals in your unit, contact [email protected].

 
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Data Privacy Day 2025 and Privacy Portraits

Revisit Data Privacy Day

The keynote presentation by Carnegie Mellon University’s Sauvik Das on January 28 explored “Privacy in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.” Das covered a wide range of AI impacts on privacy, including risks to personal data and opportunities to better protect privacy. An article summarizing the presentation is available on the Michigan Technology Community News website.

 
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New Security Unit Liaison Training

ITS Information Assurance (IA) will be releasing a new set of online courses to provide Security Unit Liaisons (SULs) with important information about performing the SUL role, including expectations, guidance, and key responsibilities. The courses will be available in My LINC.

SUL: Role and Responsibilities
Describes the role, overall expectations, how SULs coordinate security activities within the unit and in collaboration with IA, and highlights key responsibilities with scenarios. (available May 2025)

 
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Refreshed DCE101 Training: Cybersecurity and Data Protection at U-M

A new DCE101: Cybersecurity and Data Protection at U-M training course is now available in My LINC. This course provides practical data protection guidance and cybersecurity awareness for faculty and staff across all U-M academic campuses. It is a slimmed-down version of the previous DCE101 training, but still covers all the relevant content for those with access to U-M systems and data.

 
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Keep an Eye Out for Standards and Policies in Revision

The ITS IT Policy team is focused on ensuring all IT policies and standards are up-to-date and remain credible, implementable, and enforceable over time.

 
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New Data Classification Self Assessment Tool

A new Data Classification Self Assessment tool helps identify the classification level of the data you are working with so that you can plan to store or process it securely.

 
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SUL Profile: JD Jordan

JD Jordan, Desktop Support Manager for the Executive IT team and Security Unit Liaison (SUL), has an office in the Ruthven building and supports the IT needs of the executives located there. In his role as SUL, an important responsibility is ensuring cybersecurity awareness and preparedness against phishing scams.

 
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IA Profile: Arthur Gibson

Creating fantasy realms when running through the backwoods or getting the chance to test-drive heavy machinery can provide an idyllic landscape for a kid growing up. Arthur Gibson has fond memories of his childhood in Alabama, but today, his interests have shifted toward the field of cybersecurity.

 
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