Security Matters

What have you learned about cyber security from this week's University of Toronto CSAM resources and material? Show off your knowledge by playing week two of a four-week trivia challenge! Each successful participant will be entered into a raffle to win an Amazon gift card.

Since March, the ITS team has worked tirelessly to provide support and solutions to the entire University community to ensure WFH is accessible, comfortable and successful for everyone. Here is a list of resources that can assist with your WFH technical needs while navigating this time as a mobile workforce.

What have you learned about cyber security from this week's University of Toronto CSAM resources and material? Show off your knowledge by playing week one of a four-week trivia challenge! Each successful participant will be entered into a raffle to win an Amazon gift card.

As part of Cyber Security Awareness Month (CSAM) 2020, the Information Security team is hosting a virtual panel discussion, open to University of Toronto (U of T) staff and faculty. This webinar is an opportunity to meet and hear from Information Security team members who are working on important and innovative initiatives within Information Technology ...

Quercus is the University of Toronto’s (U of T) web-based platform that instructors and students use to access course content, interact with one another, explore a range of tools and more. With the increase in virtual classrooms this year, Information Technology Services’ Academic and Collaborative Technologies (ACT) team recently released new additions to the academic ...

A new program — called Data Asset Inventory and Information Risk Self-Assessment (DAI-IRSA) — is launching this month to help University of Toronto (U of T) staff understand their data assets and information risks and work together to manage them. Through a partnership between Information Security and Data Governance, DAI-IRSA supports units throughout their data ...

When it comes to cyber security and potential threats, the higher education sector faces its own unique set of challenges. Routinely, post-secondary institutions are targets of malicious phishing (i.e., impersonation emails, bogus job scams) and breaches to private data, including research — all heightened in the current pandemic climate. A national approach To create a ...

ITS has educational and fun activities planned for this year's Cyber Security Awareness Month campaign (throughout October) to help raise awareness in the community about cyber security best practices. Get the most out of this year's campaign by taking part in CSAM trivia and Ask Me Anything.

Students, faculty and staff are invited to meet and engage in conversation with the University of Toronto’s (U of T) Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Isaac Straley, at a virtual Coffee with the CISO event. Straley joined U of T in 2018 and he holds the inaugural appointment of CISO at the University. As the ...

Every October, Cyber Security Awareness Month (CSAM) is recognized by individuals and organizations across the globe. U of T is no exception; ITS hosts an annual tri-campus community CSAM campaign to raise awareness and educate staff, faculty and students about how to protect themselves and their work environments against malicious cyber threats. Learn more...