{"id":671,"date":"2022-07-21T10:56:03","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T14:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/ssm\/?page_id=671"},"modified":"2023-03-30T14:59:26","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T18:59:26","slug":"information-security","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/ssm\/information-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Information Security"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-welcome-to-information-security-at-the-citadel\">Welcome to Information Security at The Citadel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The purpose of this site is to inform our community of the resources available to report cyber threats.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To report a phishing email or a dangerous email to ITS, please forward the email message to&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:itsecurity@citadel.edu\">itsecurity@citadel.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>For many businesses and higher education environments, phishing has recently become a major concern.&nbsp; Giving up your credentials may cause disruptions in your service or unauthorized access to your account by individuals with nefarious intentions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dangerous emails containing attachments and viruses also represent a significant risk to our computing environment.&nbsp; You should never open an email attachment from an unrecognized contact.&nbsp; Opening these types of files could create vulnerabilities on your computer and our network and allow unauthorized access to private or confidential information.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are unsure about an attachment included with an email or if you suspect a virus may be on your computer, please contact the ITS Help Center at (843) 953-HELP.<br><em>Please Note:&nbsp; ITS will never ask you for your username and password to validate your identify or to confirm your accounts.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cyber threats are not isolated to emails alone, below is a list of examples of events that you should report to ITS:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Abuse of an electronic system<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You are a target of a &#8220;Social Engineering&#8221;<br>(Example: Someone calls you or emails you &#8220;pretending&#8221; to be a system administrator and asks you for your passwords, pin numbers, personal information, etc.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You notice unauthorized changes to a system you administer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You suspect that someone&#8217;s account may have been used or tampered with by another individual<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A compromise of college data<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You notice internal or external Citadel website defacements<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You notice scans of your workstation that you did not permit<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Electronic harassment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.citadel.edu\/root\/images\/Information_Technology\/csecu.png\" alt=\"csecu\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Remember!&nbsp; It is your responsibility to help keep The Citadel&#8217;s data, systems, and accounts safe.&nbsp; Always report these types of events to&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:itsecurity@citadel.edu\">itsecurity@citadel.edu<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>If an incident is considered a crime:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Call the Public Safety department to report the crime (843-953-5114)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Do not delete offending email\/data from your computer until you have contacted your local police and they instruct you to do so.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you ever have any questions about IT Security, please contact the ITS Help Center at (843) 953-HELP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Information Security at The Citadel The purpose of this site is to inform our community of the resources available to report cyber threats. 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