Approximately 8 out of every 10 internet users have browsers that are vulnerable to attacks.1 Browsers and plug-ins need to be regularly updated in order to stay secured and up-to-date with new malwares and infections that cybercriminals are conjuring up. Some browsers may automatically update…
In today’s world, our personal and professional lives are more public than ever before due to the increased reliance on technology. On a daily basis, information pertaining to payroll, health, credit cards, and much more is collected, stored, and accessed right here at UBC. At UBC, we have…
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What are examples of information that cybercriminals look for? Personally Identifiable Information (PII) such as your Social Insurance Number, drivers licence number and date of birth are valuable to a criminal as they use these bits of information to steal your identity.1 If you’re a staff…
UBC Video Share powered by Kaltura is a new platform for uploading, storing, searching, and sharing videos fully integrated with UBC’s learning management system, Connect. Powered by leading video solution software, It makes it easier and faster to record and upload videos securely from your…
Passwords are a defense mechanism towards protecting personal information such as student records, banking data, employment history, along with a number of other confidential records. As a part of the Information Security Programme and the Personal Information Security and Governance Program…
For many years, UBC's online services such as Vista, FASmail, and EAD have been hosted in the Leonard S. Klinck data centre. However, because of its age, the Klinck Data Centre has become too costly to maintain. In order to continue using this Data Center, several key components would need to be…
Almost all of us use mobile devices (smartphones, tablet computers, laptops and USB drives.) Many of these devices are used to store personal information, which as UBC students, employees and faculty we have a duty to protect. Do you know how to keep the information on your mobile device safe if…
Emails and instant messaging are popular choices of communication methods that we use to contact one another. Hence, it’s not much of a surprise that cybercriminals commonly attack using these two channels of communications. Government/public sector is known to be the most targeted industry…
UBC IT will be releasing a new website this summer, and the changes to the website will result in a better product to serve the UBC community. The new site features a number of enhancements including an improved service catalogue listing all the services the department provides to the community,…
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