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A variety of educational presentations are offered for the campus IT community throughout the year. Awareness programs for users, and development and/or sharing of industry best practices are common topics, as well as information about current threats and exploits. 

Getting Help

Contact the IT Security Office at 335-6332 or security@uiowa.edu

Avoid holiday cybercrime

Wednesday, December 6, 2017 - 4:35pm
Cyber criminals love to take advantage of the holiday season. People are busy and perhaps less vigilant—particularly given the volume of email advertisements and online transactions happening this time of year. University IT security experts are...
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Two-Step Login expands to MAUI, ICON, and MyUI

Thursday, June 8, 2017 - 10:33am
The University of Iowa has expanded Two-Step Login to web-based applications, including MAUI, ICON, and MyUI, and campus cyber-security experts advise all UI faculty, staff, and students to enable the feature for these applications. Two-Step Login...
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IT security notification: HawkID password change encouraged

Wednesday, January 18, 2017 - 10:56am
The University of Iowa recently notified approximately 250 university faculty, staff, and students that their HawkID and password had been obtained by unauthorized individuals using physical devices that had been secretly attached to university...
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What you can do to keep UI and personal data safe

Tuesday, October 18, 2016 - 10:44am
​​​​​​​Cybersecurity is a shared responsibility. Ensure you're doing all you can to keep both university and personal information and systems secure.

4 IT policies you should know

Friday, January 2, 2015 - 9:18am
Information Technology policies exist to protect the university's technology and data assets, and many of them are key to your personal IT security as well. Everyone has a responsibility to know and abide by the rules, so please take a moment to...

IT security advisory: password change recommendations

Friday, April 11, 2014 - 1:49pm
The Heartbleed security flaw affects websites across the Internet. Users are changing their passwords as sites install patches to protect against the flaw. Image via Wikimedia Commons. As you have likely heard in the news, IT security researchers...
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It’s a Jungle in There, Part II: strengthening your defenses

Thursday, January 2, 2014 - 10:20am
One aspect of protecting yourself from cybercriminals is learning to spot a scam—being very skeptical of too-good-to-be-true offers, urgent pleas for money, or warnings that your account is over quota or compromised. If an email is at all suspicious...
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UI adds IT security measures, offers tips after 'phishing' scam

Thursday, November 21, 2013 - 9:41am
University of Iowa officials are enhancing security and reminding campus technology users how to avoid being duped after a number of employees became victims of a recent “phishing” scam. Phishing uses “spoofed” or fake emails and websites to trick...

IT security office warns of e-mail scams, urges caution

Thursday, October 31, 2013 - 2:33pm
A series of convincing scams is tricking UI e-mail users into providing their login or other personal information to data thieves, and the IT security office urges the campus to exercise caution. The latest scams have used familiar terms like ITS...

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