cybersecurity

A recent study suggests information security managers can better motivate employees to act more securely by avoiding mandates and provide more options.

By Eric Hollenbeck, Carson College of Business

PULLMAN, Wash. – Computer users ― at home and at work ― often engage in behaviors that create security risks and privacy threats, despite having a variety of security options available.

By August Schiess, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

PULLMAN, Wash. – When Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico in late September, it devastated the island’s power grid — and estimates suggest residents won’t have full power again until mid-December.

By Hope Belli Tinney, Washington Small Business Development Center

SEATTLE, Wash. – More than 2,700 businesses in Washington state reported cyberattacks in 2016 to the FBI’s Crime Complaint Center. Those attacks totaled over $25 million in losses, putting Washington in the top 10 among states for illegal hacks.

By Cameron Probert, Tri-City Herald

RICHLAND, Wash. – More classes in the fast-growing field of cybersecurity are planned at Washington State University Tri-Cities, which also intends to hire a faculty member by next fall, said Joseph Iannelli, founding executive director of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

PULLMAN, Wash. – Providing security and defense against hacking of next-generation quantum computers will be discussed by Washington State University researcher Nathan Hamlin at the informal Science Pub 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19, at Paradise Creek Brewery, 245 SE Paradise St., Pullman.

PULLMAN, Wash. – In response to recent attacks on major research universities including Washington State University, faculty, staff and students are reminded to reset the password for their WSU Network ID as soon as possible if they have not already done so since Aug. 20.

PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University will participate in a new, five-year $28.1 million U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) initiative to improve computer/communication networks for energy delivery systems like power grids and pipelines.

By Casey Hanson, Information Technology Services

PULLMAN, Wash. – Information Technology Services (ITS) will implement a new email protection service provided by ProofPoint on Tuesday, Feb. 24. ProofPoint Targeted Attack Protection (TAP) will check email messages for malicious URLs and/or attachments as they come into the Washington State University central email system.

PULLMAN, Wash. – Information Services is alerting the Washington State University community to a new and serious flaw affecting some versions of OpenSSL, a common website encryption software used by approximately two-thirds of the servers on the Internet.