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New UCI Information Security Website

October 31, 2022 | News & Announcements

As Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2022 comes to a close, we have launched a completely redesigned version of the UCI Information Security website at https://security.uci.edu

What’s new on the redesigned website?

  • Completely new look and feel with current UCI branding and theme
  • Focus on content that is of the most relevance to the UCI campus community
  • Simpler organization of content within an improved menu layout
  • Improved search function
  • Improved way to consume announcements and alerts

But this is just the initial rollout, we are continuing to add more content on this new platform every day.  That is where we’d like your feedback!  Let us know what kind of information you’d like to see added or improved, we’ll try to prioritize the top vote getters. Please email security@uci.edu with your feedback.

Alerts

Fraudulent bank accounts hit UCI community

Aug 30, 2023

Sent on 8/30/2023 to All Campus Employees and Students by the Office of Data and Information Technology UCI Information Security reports “a new wave of fraudulent activity” tied to Chime and Go2Bank. Unauthorized accounts have been opened using UCI members’ personal...

Chime and Go2Bank Fraudulent Activity

Aug 14, 2023

We have seen a new wave of fraudulent activity related to UCI members coming from Chime and Go2Bank. This includes accounts being opened using a UCI member's personal information by unauthorized individuals, and getting notified of that via their UCI email, personal...

News & Announcements

DMARC Email Security Compliance

Feb 23, 2024

Major email providers have announced that they have started enforcing DMARC/DKIM/SPF email security standards in order to send email to them. What that means to us is that external email providers will increasingly block or mark as spam email coming from UCI unless...

Data Disposal Day – October 25, 2023

Sep 21, 2023

Date: Wednesday, October 25, 2023 Time: 8:00 AM- 12:00 PM (or until truck hits full capacity) Location: Parking Lot 12A near the Natural Sciences buildings Each of us is responsible for the security of information assets with which we work. Properly...