Travel Safely with Technology
Learn how to balance convenience and security while traveling this holiday season.
Tag Archives: cybersecurity
Online Shopping Risks and How to Avoid Them
Online commerce is expected to hit 8 trillion dollars in sales by 2026, but data breaches of retailers have already compromised hundreds of millions of records. One in ten Americans have already lost money to cybercrime, and according to the FTC, “Online shopping issues were the second most commonly reported in the fraud category,” contributing to Americans losing… Read More »
SUMIT and Safe Computing Events Wrap Up
SUMIT and Safe Computing events last month celebrated and promoted IT security at U-M – slide presentations and recordings are available.
Brush Up on Security this Fall 2025
Cyber threats from data breaches to phishing scams and online disinformation continue to evolve in complexity.
Protecting Students: Job Offer and Football Ticket Scams
Phishing and scams target university students across higher education. Help protect U-M students by spreading awareness of job offer and football ticket scams.
Tips for Traveling Safely with Technology
As you prepare to travel, you will likely take along some combination of a smartphone, tablet, laptop, and other mobile devices. Follow these tips to safeguard both your own and the university’s data.
Stay Safe This Holiday Season
Preserving your data and privacy during the holidays is more important than ever. Follow these tips from Safe Computing to get started.
Secure Shopping Holiday Checklist
Learn how to protect yourself while online shopping this holiday season.
Beware of Multi-factor Authentication Scams
Multi-factor authentication is an important capability that helps secure the login process. Learn how to avoid getting caught by MFA scams.
SUMIT Events Wrap-Up and Presentation Slides
SUMIT events celebrated and promoted IT security at U-M – slide presentations are available.
LSA and ITS Information Assurance Expand Awareness of Scams Targeting Students
LSA and ITS Information Assurance partner to reach more students with cybersecurity scam announcements.
U-M Cloudflare Celebrates 1,000 Sites
More than 1,000 of the University of Michigan websites are protected with U-M Cloudflare, a significant milestone for the project implementation team. Cloudflare provides a critical security capability to protect university websites, web applications, and DNS (Domain Name System) servers from Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks and break-in or takeover attempts. Work continues to get more sites… Read More »
New CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor Status Icon for Windows
Information Assurance will deploy a new CrowdStrike Falcon feature on Windows computers: the Falcon Sensor Status icon.
Guidelines for Managing Active Directory (UMROOT) Accounts
U-M IT professionals who manage Active Directory (AD) accounts in UMROOT have an important responsibility for the security of those accounts. This responsibility includes ensuring that they are: Those who manage AD accounts in UMROOT should review a complete list of guidelines annually. Please see Active Directory Non-uniqname Accounts (U-M Weblogin required). Thank you for diligence in managing… Read More »
Focus on Security This Fall
As the U-M community settles into study, work and life during the fall semester, news of breaches, scams, and disinformation abound.
ITS to Disable Inactive Active Directory (UMROOT) Accounts Daily
ITS will begin disabling inactive Active Directory (UMROOT) accounts on a daily basis beginning October 9, 2024, as part of an ongoing effort to protect credentials in accordance with the Access, Authorization, and Authentication Management (DS-22) standard.
Enhanced Duo Security Feature Starts Sept 25
Starting Wednesday, September 25, 2024, at 12 p.m., Duo two-factor authentication push notifications will require university community members on the Ann Arbor, Dearborn, and Flint campuses to enter a three-digit code when they access U-M Weblogin. Michigan Medicine transitioned to the change on August 9. The enhancement, which impacts faculty, staff, students, alumni, and sponsored affiliates, is designed… Read More »
New Consent & Preference Management Tool for U‑M Websites
The Office of the Vice President for Communications (OVPC), in collaboration with ITS Information Assurance (IA), has released a new consent and preference management solution for U-M websites. Integration is easy – try it today!
PlasmaPup: Hunting Down Active Directory Exposures
PlasmaPup, a Windows GUI app written at U-M, gives Active Directory admins visibility and control. It is available to download on GitHub!
STAC Summit Meeting and ITS IA Open House
Two April events brought the U-M IT security community together in a spirit of engagement, transparency and shared goals.