SECURE UD NEWS
2025-26 Security Awareness Education is now available!
This year's security awareness education is now available. If you are required to take this training, you would have received an enrollment email on September 22nd. There are a few changes from last year, so here is what to expect: Short on time? We’ve got you...
Cybersecurity Alert: What You Need to Know About Recent College Campus Cyberattacks
In a recent and unsettling cyberattack, hackers targeted Bluefield University in Virginia, disrupting campus operations and hijacking the school’s emergency alert system. This incident serves as a wake-up call for students and faculty across the country: cyber threats...
Refreshing Our Incident Response Capabilities
UDIT Security has been diligently preparing for future security challenges. A key improvement is the simplified access to essential forms within the Security Services Catalog: https://services.udel.edu/TDClient/32/Portal/Requests/ServiceCatalog?CategoryID=26. Simply...
Traveling Securely: Essential Steps to Protect Your Devices and Accounts On The Go
Traveling in today's interconnected world means bringing our digital lives with us. Whether for leisure, work, or academic research, our devices hold a wealth of personal information, professional data, and potentially sensitive research findings. Protecting these...
Not All Artificial Intelligence Models are Created Equally: Privacy Challenges for Users of Generative Artificial Intelligence
by PC Shea, UD Privacy Officer More and more products are building generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools into their offerings. GenAI includes any machine-based tool designed to consider user questions, prompts, and other inputs (such as text, images, and...
Delaware’s New Privacy Law: What you need to know
by PC Shea, UD Privacy Officer The Delaware Personal Data Privacy Protection Act (“DPDPA”) went into effect in January. Passed in 2023 with much fanfare, the DPDPA requires those using personal information about Delaware consumers to be transparent regarding how and...
University of Delaware Strengthens Cybersecurity Measures with CrowdStrike Falcon
by Carlos Diaz The University of Delaware has introduced CrowdStrike Falcon, a cutting-edge Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) solution, to enhance cybersecurity protections for university-owned laptops and desktops. This initiative is managed collaboratively by IT...
NIH Security Requirements for Human Genomic Data
Important Update to NIH Genomic Data Sharing Policy What could be more important than protecting the privacy of our biological code? The National Institutes of Health (“NIH”) has issued NOT-OD-24-157 which implements heightened security requirements for...
Freezing Your Credit to Protect Yourself
As we described in this Secure UD News article from August 2024, it’s likely that “the bad guys” already have access to some of your personal information, including financial identifiers such as your Social Security Number (SSN), bank account numbers, credit...
The Clery Act and this month’s featured cybercrime
The Clery Act, or the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics, is a federal statute that requires Universities receiving federal financial aid to produce reports and broadcast timely information about crime on and around their...