Cornell University created an open source tool called Spider which can search your computer hard drives, removable media, and network shares for files that may contain confidential data like Social Security Numbers and Credit Card Numbers. Click HERE for More detail.
- New Mississippi Data Breach Notification Law effective 7/1/2011
- Security Awareness Seminars (in ppt file)
- To register a Server or Workstation, Please log into portal via http://my.olemiss.edu, then click "Tools and Resources" tab at the top to get to the Server Registry
LATEST NEWS
10-25-2011
Data Security: Disaster Preparedness for Personal Information Assets
September was "Disaster Preparedness Month." It's important to consider how we safeguard our information in the event of a natural disaster, man-made event, or even a system failure. This newsletter will discuss some steps you can take to secure your critical information and some best practices to make information security part of daily life.
10-18-2011
MS-ISAC National Cyber Pledge
The Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) has
launched its "Cyber Pledge" contest, which aims to raise awareness
about staying safe online and encourages individuals to confirm their
commitment to doing their part to keep cyber space safe. This pledge
is one of several initiatives underway to celebrate National Cyber
Security Awareness Month this October.
The State of MS is currently in 3rd place in the competition described below. Take a few moments to sign the pledge and encourage others to sign it as well.
10-13-2011
8-23-2011
Reminder - Partial SSN publication prohibited under FERPA Please read the following Department of Education policy letter that clearly prohibits posting any student information using partial Social Security Number as an identifier; http://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa/library/hunter.html
6-4-2010
The Office of Information Technology has become aware of a scam e-mail message being sent to members of our campus community. It purports to be from SunTrust Bank and references "irregular activity on your card". It asks you to click a link and verify your account.
THIS IS A SCAM. DO NOT CLICK THE LINK OR REPLY TO THE SENDER.
While the University e-mail system has filters in place to prevent most virus and spam messages from getting through, some will inevitably reach our users' inboxes. If you should receive any questionable e-mail, please forward it to abuse@olemiss.edu so that we may deal with it as necessary.
If you have further questions, please contact the IT Helpdesk at 662-915-5222.
Thank you for exercising judgment and responsibility when using your Ole Miss e-mail and WebID accounts.
5-7-2010The Office of Information Technology has become aware of a scam e-mail message being sent to members of our campus community. It purports to be from "WEB TEAM SUPPORT" about an email services upgrade and and requests you reply and fill in your WebID and password.
THIS IS A SCAM. We will never ask for anyone to put his or her password in an e-mail message. (Doing so would violate our Appropriate Use Policy.) This e-mail is simply one of many examples of "phishing" and if you should receive it, your best response would be to delete it.
While the University e-mail system has filters in place to prevent most virus and spam messages from getting through, some will inevitably reach our users' inboxes. If you should receive any questionable e-mail, please forward it to abuse@olemiss.edu so that we may deal with it as necessary.
If you have further questions, please contact the IT Helpdesk at 662-915-5222.
Thank you for exercising judgment and responsibility when using your Ole Miss e-mail and WebID accounts.
4-20-2010The Office of Information Technology has become aware of a scam e-mail message being sent to members of our campus community. It purports to be from "WEB ADMIN" about an email services upgrade and and requests you reply and fill in your WebID and password.
THIS IS A SCAM. We will never ask for anyone to put his or her password in an e-mail message. (Doing so would violate our Appropriate Use Policy.) This e-mail is simply one of many examples of "phishing" and if you should receive it, your best response would be to delete it.
While the University e-mail system has filters in place to prevent most virus and spam messages from getting through, some will inevitably reach our users' inboxes. If you should receive any questionable e-mail, please forward it to abuse@olemiss.edu so that we may deal with it as necessary.
If you have further questions, please contact the IT Helpdesk at 662-915-5222.
Thank you for exercising judgment and responsibility when using your Ole Miss e-mail and WebID accounts.