Security health fair, new UGA privacy policy, and SecureUGA highlight National Cyber Security Awareness Month

Enterprise Information Technology Services Press Release
The University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

WRITER: Bert DeSimone, 706-338-9849, bert@uga.edu
CONTACT: EITS Help Desk, 706-542-3106, helpdesk@uga.edu

ATHENS, Ga.— National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM), conducted every October since 2001, is a national public awareness campaign to encourage everyone to protect their computers and our nation's critical cyber infrastructure.

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While the UGA Office of Information Security provides security awareness year round, NCSAM provides an opportunity for all UGA students, faculty, and staff to consider online security and safety. In particular, the office wanted everyone at UGA to be aware of the following:

Fall 2009 Computer Health and Security Fair
UGA students, faculty, and staff are invited to bring their laptops to the second floor lobby of the Miller Learning Center between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., October 20, for security assistance.

The security checkup includes virus scans and software updates, spyware removal, and more. Requests will be prioritized on a first-come, first-served basis.
SecureUGA
SecureUGA, which was launched in 2008, is an information security education and awareness program that includes mandatory, self-paced, online awareness presentations. All UGA employees currently on the UGA payroll are required to complete ten awareness modules by November 30, 2009. This includes faculty, staff, administrators, and all student workers, graduate assistants, research assistants, teaching assistants, and work-study students.

UGA Privacy Policy Ratified by University Cabinet
The UGA Privacy Policy directly supports the university's efforts to eliminate and/or secure the use of sensitive data. This policy applies protections and restrictions on the collection, dissemination, and use of personally identifiable and sensitive information with specific restrictions on the use of SSNs.

Developed by the UGA Office of Information Security in conjunction with the Information Technology Management Forum Security Committee, the Office of the Registrar, and the Office of Legal Affairs, with ratification by University Cabinet in September of this year, the UGA Privacy Policy becomes UGA's official policy on protecting the privacy of individuals at UGA.

For more information on these events and initiatives, please see the UGA NCSAM Web site:

https://infosec.uga.edu/sate/cyber_security.php

About the Office of the CIO and EITS
The Office of the Chief Information Officer and Enterprise Information Technology Services (EITS) are committed to the mission of UGA as a land-and-sea-grant institution where academics come first and the research extensive university community encourages research efforts at the undergraduate and graduate levels. To that end, under the direction of the University's Chief Information Officer, EITS endeavors to provide a robust, reliable, and secure information technology infrastructure, maintain essential production services, and offer world-class support.

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