Cyber security tips: Working remotely

As some university employees continue to work remote or hybrid schedules, please keep the following ITS Remote Work Guidelines in mind when working remotely:

• Personally owned devices used for university business should not be shared with others.
• Operating systems and applications must be up to date.
• All security patches must be up to date and installed.
• Anti-virus software should be installed and up to date.
• Endpoints should have Fireeye Endpoint Agent and Splunk Universal Forward installed.
• Endpoints used by employees for processing, storage, and transmission of any WSU data require full disk encryption.
• VPN should be used when processing, storing, or transmitting university regulated or confidential data.
• SSL/TLS enabled applications should be used when processing, storing, or transmitting data from a remote site to WSU.
• Endpoints should have WSU data backed up to a storage location owned and maintained by a WSU IT department to ensure ongoing access and protection against loss of critical WSU data.
• Endpoints that do not require wireless usage should have wireless capability disabled prior to deployment.
• Endpoints should be registered & joined to a WSU area, college, or departmental domain.
• Host-based firewalls should be enabled and appropriately configured.

Questions? Contact:

• IT Security at abuse@wsu.edu
• Internal Audit at ia.central@wsu.edu
• Finance and Administration at VPFA@wsu.edu
• Risk Management at riskmanagement@wsu.edu