The last week of National Cyber Security Awareness Month 2015 is a perfect time to remind the University of Delaware community of the importance of selecting strong passwords. The combination of a strong password and, when available, two-factor authentication (2FA) is...
The University of Delaware signed an agreement with Princeton Hosted Solutions on Oct. 1 for an extensive upgrade to the University’s Network. This upgrade will leverage the significant increase in statewide fiber being installed by Lightower Fiber Networks...
Security breaches occur when data is not sufficiently protected. In many cases, the user of a computer, tablet or smartphone may not even know that there’s exposed sensitive data on that device. Identity Finder is scanning software that identifies instances of...
The year 2015 has been an especially dangerous one. University of Delaware Information Technologies (IT) has noticed a rise in the number of phishing attacks on the University community. Even more disturbing, there’s a corresponding rise in the number of spear...
Oct. 1 marked the beginning of the 12th annual National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM), a campaign by the National Cyber Security Alliance to educate the public about computer and information safety. For the month of October, University of Delaware Information...