In the last EDUCAUSE Poster and Video contest, RIT student and Information Security Office employee Karyn Lewis won several awards for her posters. These images are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA). Click on the thumbnails below to see the... ...
Phishing is a form of social engineering where the attacker attempts to trick people into revealing private information by sending fake emails that appear to be from reputable sources.
Here are a few things to look for when trying to figure out if an email is a phishing attack:
DSD Dojo for Development and Alumni Relationshttps://www.rit.edu/security/dsddojo/
The Information Security Office provides Digital Self Defense training courses scheduled through the Center for Professional Development or by request. The program is divided into three courses: Introduction, Desktop Security Tools, and Information Handling. See below for more information about specific courses.
Designed for new RIT community members or as a refresher for others, Practicing Digital Self-Defense provides an introduction and exercises for identifying phishing attacks, constructing good passwords, and using mobile devices securely.
Do you travel abroad with a laptop or other mobile device? The information below will be helpful.
A couple of notes:
Should you bring your RIT laptop?
It depends. Can you do without it? Unless you need your laptop to conduct
| Media | Disposal Method |
|---|---|
| Paper | Use a shredder. Crosscut is preferred over a strip shredder. Disposal of paper records containing Private or Confidential information should be accomplished by crosscut (or better) shredding, placement in a locked document destruction bin, or through vendor-supplied services under a contract approved by RIT Procurement Services. |
| CD, DVD, diskette, etc. | Use the media shredder (located at the ITS Service Desk, 7B-1113). |
| Hard Drives | If the hard drive is to |
