cybersecurity

As announced last fall, Case Western Reserve University launched a new program to help employees avoid falling victim to phishing emails. The program will continue during the 2023–24 academic year. Phishing is a global problem that grows more challenging as criminals invent new forms of deception. ...

Picture this: You're going about your day when you receive an "urgent" direct message telling you to verify an online account before it's "suspended." Or, you're scrolling through your phone and notice an unfamiliar text (or call) sent from your device. Both scenarios are examples of phishing, a fra...

Imagine you’re going about your day when all of a sudden, you’re notified that someone logged into your bank account. Or, you finally get a second to relax from a long day of classes, then you get a text that someone is using your identity for a fake profile on a dating app. These scenarios and othe...

October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month and University Technology’s ([U]Tech) Information Security Office has compiled tips for members of the Case Western Reserve University community to keep in mind regarding social media use and data privacy. Though social media platforms like Twitter...

Passwords protect our digital identities and private data by acting as gatekeepers to the cyber world in which we live. Having weak, easy-to-guess, or re-used passwords puts you at risk of becoming a victim of cyber criminals. To learn how to keep your health, financial and other information safe,...

This month, University Technology’s ([U]Tech) Information Security Office is marking National Cybersecurity Awareness Month by sharing information on different facets of cybersecurity. The boundaries between work life, home life and student life today are becoming harder to see at Case Western Rese...

This month, University Technology’s ([U]Tech) Information Security Office is marking National Cybersecurity Awareness Month by sharing information on different facets of cybersecurity. Whether you’re looking for a new job opportunity, sending a message out to members of a Google Group, or looking f...

This month, University Technology’s ([U]Tech) Information Security Office is marking National Cybersecurity Awareness Month by sharing information on different facets of cybersecurity. Phishing (pronounced “fishing”) is a technique cybercriminals use in order to “fish” for personal or proprietary i...

Cybersecurity Awareness Month, held annually in October, is a chance for the Case Western Reserve University community to renew our commitment to online safety and device security habits. To that end, the National Cyber Security Alliance has established the theme for this month as “Do your part. #Be...

In the early 1990s, the launch of Microsoft Windows and introduction of the World Wide Web set Mark Herron on an unexpected path that would take his career from that of a high school science teacher to a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). Though Herron graduated from John Carroll Universit...