Learn about avoiding email scams, protecting your devices and where to get to help if you've been hacked.
Think you've been hacked? Contact the UBIT Help
Center. For suspicious email, complete
these steps to report it. To report cyberbullying, contact University
Police.
Read tips
for strong passwords, change
your password, recover
your password or set
up password recovery. Learn the dangers of UBITName
password theft.
Connect to UB resources and protect your personal information from off campus using UB VPN AnyConnect.
Get for free Symantec
Endpoint Protection to prevent viruses and Identify
Finder to check for credit card or Social Security numbers.
Read recommendations for securing
your mobile device.
The Information Security office manages SANS Institute training for
interested UB departments called Securing
the Human. Contact the Information Security
Office for more information.
Compliance at UB involves ensuring that we adhere to internal policies, as well as state and federal laws. Read the UB Computer and Network Use policy and learn more about what are your responsibilities and the secure information lifecycle.
Find instructions for disposing old equipment and cleaning off your computer before you recycle it.
Contact the UBIT Help Center.
Becoming familiar with how Facebook works and other social media is important. Here are some safeguards.
Invest in a laptop lock to physically secure it and you can purchase software such as LoJack so your laptop can be tracked and possibly recovered if stolen.
Read our Common
Ways to be Compromised, learn about handling
common infections and take precautions.
Read our Web Browser Hardening Recommendations.
If you are using a peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing program or have set up an ftp server, make sure that you are not "serving" copyright-protected materials to the world. If the University is notified by policing organizations such as the RIAA, MPAA, or their agents, you will be requested to appear at UB's Computer Discipline Office to discuss the complaint. Failure to appear could result in deactivation of your UBIT privileges. Learn more about the Digital Millienilum Copyright Act (DMCA).
Download and print our Digital Defense brochures for handy reference.
