IT Compliance Guide NOW AVAILABLE
Have you ever wished for an all-in-one resource page of information technology guidelines to aid you in research, academic and administrative compliance? Well, that resource is here. We’ve created the...
Security & Compliance Archives
ECU Email Auto-Forwarding Recently Disabled
ECU disabled the ability to auto-forward* ECU messages to an external, non-ECU account on Monday, April 1, 2024. This includes both auto-forwarding your entire ECU email account and creating an...
ECU Guidelines for Using Artificial Intelligence
While it can be difficult to separate the hype from reality, it is clear that: AI tools impact the way we work. Vendors are building AI tools into existing products....
Important Changes for Teams/SharePoint/OneDrive Owners
Microsoft Teams and SharePoint are two of THE most useful collaborative services at ECU with constantly-improving tools to help achieve your work, research and instructional goals. Recently, we’ve updated management...
UAC for ECU-Managed Windows Computers
To continue our goal of improving the security of ECU’s user-assigned devices, ITCS is enabling User Account Control (UAC) for ECU-managed Windows systems on Monday, November 20. What is User...
ECU Cybersecurity Awareness Month Speaker Series
Since 2004, the President of the United States and Congress have declared the month of October to be Cybersecurity Awareness Month, a dedicated month for the public and private sectors...
Cybersecurity Awareness Resources
This past year, the Information Security Office promoted several security awareness topics to empower faculty and staff to stay cyber secure, build a culture of security, and better protect the...
Identity Theft: Protect Yourself
This year’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month theme, "See Yourself in Cyber," focuses on an individual's smart decisions to keep safe and secure online. Today’s post provides tips to help you avoid...
Fake News, Misinformation, and Disinformation as Cyber Security Threats
View the Adobe Spark version of this newsletter. WHAT IS FAKE NEWS? "Fake news" is "fabricated information that mimics news media content in form but not in organizational process or...
Tips on How to Protect Yourself from Online Identity Theft and Phishing Scams
View the Adobe Spark version of this newsletter. Cyber crime in all its many forms can, at best, wreak havoc in victims’ lives through major inconvenience and annoyance. At worst,...