Security Matters

Official communiques from the office of the Chief Information Security Officer

• Nov. 12, 2021 – Improving information security for the University of Toronto community by disabling legacy authentication
• Aug. 14, 2020 – Information security risk and teaching remotely
• March 19, 2020 – special advisory on phishing messages
• Jan. 27, 2020 – CRA scam targets university communities
• July 26, 2019 – special advisory on phishing messages

ChatGPT: Everything you need to know in 5 minutes

The Ontario’s Cyber Security Centre of Excellence has released an article discussing ChatGPT, highlighting its functionality, top cyber security risks, the importance of cyber awareness, and recommended measures for cyber protection.

Cyber security guidance for research and development organizations during COVID-19

The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security curated a selection of advice and guidance resources to help the businesses and institutions that are being targeted by cyber threat actors.

In this section, you can find the entire collection of materials, publications, videos, digital assets and other resources made available through the program. This section will continuously grow as more resources are developed.

What You Need to Know

Information security awareness resources for the University of Toronto community. Use these to quickly review the basics around information security.

• Phishing awareness
• Travel practices: Securing data
• Web browsing practices
• Account & password management
• Social media practices: Managing your online reputation
• Data breach reporting
• Safe online shopping

Campaign Resources

Cyber Security Awareness Month

• Cyber Security Awareness Month 2023: campaign | resources
• Cyber Security Awareness Month 2022: campaign | resources
• Cyber Security Awareness Month 2021: campaign | resources
• Cyber Security Awareness Month 2020
• Cyber Security Awareness Month 2019
• Cyber Security Awareness Month 2018

Data Privacy Day

• Data Privacy Day 2021
• Data Privacy Day 2020

Digital Collection

The following digital resources are available for download. They can be used to promote information security awareness in your classroom, academic space or office. We encourage the community to utilize these resources.

Presentation & Session Archives

Archives of previously hosted sessions and presentations sponsored by the Information Security Awareness and Education initiative.