data security

Several third-party vendors have notified the university of a cybersecurity incident that may have exposed personally identifiable information of current and prospective students as well as employees.

The nature of open-source artificial intelligence tools means that entering non-public data or information poses privacy and security risks, according to new guidance issued by WSU’s Office of Compliance and Risk Management.

The Office of Compliance and Risk Management has appointed Sally Makamson to be the privacy officer for the WSU system.

Okta is the university’s new systemwide network authentication product, designed to provide more robust security tools and resources.

By Jacqueline Southwick, WSU Information Technology Services PULLMAN, Wash. – Agnes Kirk, Washington state’s chief information security officer, will be the keynote speaker at this year’s WSU Cyber Security Awareness Summit, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesday, in the Elson S. Floyd Cultural Center.

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.

Attrition.org, a computer security company/website, maintains a current list of information on security/data breaches at http://attrition.org/dataloss. This list looks like a who’s who of U.S. businesses and organizations. A few universities on this list in the last five months are:* Wichita State University, Aug. 1, credit card and other information, over 2,000 people* Cal Poly, […]