ITS IA and the Privacy Office have been busy developing new and updated interactive, streamlined, online courses including Data Stewardship, and Security Unit Liaison training. Noori says, “These courses are designed by U-M and for U-M to support us all in our shared responsibility to help protect the university’s digital assets. They are a level up in terms of learning experience and cover information people can use in their daily work.”
IA is also gearing up for Cybersecurity Awareness Month and the Security at U-M in IT (SUMIT) event series in October. The theme for this year will be “Protecting Identity.” Noori says, “We have a great line up of presentations and events planned. We look forward to connecting with people across U-M about how to protect their identity and online accounts. It’s also a great opportunity for us to touch base with units about cybersecurity capabilities, updates, and data protection best practices.”
Sol Bermann, Executive Director of Privacy & Faculty Affairs, is celebrating the revision of Institutional Data Stewardship Policy (SPG 601.12) that was published in August: “SPG 601.12 is one of U-M’s foundational policies, first published in 1994. This revision has been in the making for over a decade and the strong momentum of data governance revitalization has brought forward important updates that will support and guide successful institutional data stewardship in an ever-changing technology landscape.” Read more about other policy and IT standard updates published over the summer in the newsletter.