Security News

Students, faculty and staff will find a lot of updates to tech services as the new school year starts. Make sure you’re up to date with all these changes!

Make sure you are ready for the start of the semester by running this top 7 checklist on your mobile device! Do you have a lock on your phone? Use a password, fingerprint, face recognition or other means to make sure other people can’t get your private data.

Just like your bank, credit card and medical portals, the University of Arizona requires 2-factor authentication to keep your NetID account secure. You don’t want bad actors stealing your personal or financial information, or accessing your university resources and data.

Stay alert this semester—be wary of unknown/external senders and unusual requests

Steps the university is taking and that you can take to prevent security breaches and fraud.

Use UAWiFi, campus wired network, or campus VPN to access systems and services restricted to the campus network

Learn more about new Box features

New identity system updates employee status much faster in university database, provides platform for future provisioning improvements

Starting Thursday, June 13, the University will implement Mimecast, a new email spam filter to enhance protection against viruses and malware while reducing unwanted emails received by students and employees.

Spring break is unfortunately an opportune time for hackers, schemers, and generally dishonest people. There are many proactive steps you can take to protect yourself and your loved ones.