cybersecurity

Following a six-month stint as interim vice president and chief information officer of WSU Information Technology Services, Tony Opheim is taking on the role in a permanent capacity.

Regents also voted to approve revisions to the university’s undergraduate housing requirement, eliminating an exemption that allowed first‑year students to request an exemption to live in fraternity or sorority houses.

WSU’s work with the legislature resulted in $7.5 million to support compensation enhancements in the 2022 supplemental operating budget.

Over the course of a year, more than 18 million emails with suspect links, attempts to capture personal or protected information, and other threats are kept out of employee’s inboxes.

Enhanced masking of personally identifiable information within WSU’s network, including myWSU and other necessary areas, is now in effect across all WSU systems. 

The susceptibilities were found in high‑performance computer chips that could lead to failures in modern electronics.

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.