CAS IT Security FAQ

Useful links related to Security:

These are selected topics that we feel would be especially useful to general UW Staff and Faculty as well as IT staff across the College. There are many additional resources directly on the UW CISO Office page.

How to avoid Ransomware - Video (Source: UW CISO Office)

Online training (short videos) related to a number of security topic (Source: UW CISO Office)

Traveling: Plan for keeping your data safe! (Source: UW CISO Office)

Working Remotely (strategies to keep your data safe) (Source: UW CISO Office)

Working Remotely - Video (Source: UW CISO Office)

CAS-IT has implemented the following to mitigate strategies related to cyber security and data protection for its end users across the Dean's Office, Advancement, Marketing and Communications along with several smaller academic units and centers we provide IT support to. 

• Sophos Monitoring for Malware, Viruses, ransomwar
  • Read more about what Sophos monitors for here.
  • CAS-IT has Sophos installed on all systems that are UW owned and that we support.
  • This is real-time threat analysis that notifies us if a system is compromised.

• We are working to ensure each computer system as encryption turned on as an extra layer of security, in the event of theft.

• We keep records of data types, locations and work with end users to ensure data is backed up, secure and a plan is in place in the event of data loss by means of an outside threat or simple hardware failure.

These are some resources IT Tech Staff might find useful as they implement security best practices:

Securing Laptops  (Source: UW CISO Office)

Patch Patch Patch - Making sure devices and appliances are up-to-date and security patches are in place!  (Source: UW CISO Office)

Whole Disk Encryption  (Source: UW CISO Office)