The Office of Cybersecurity supports the CIO and the campus by leading and managing campus efforts to reduce risk. Strategies include appropriate handling of data, continued diagnostics, cybersecurity awareness training, and good processes and procedures to manage our intellectual property and other sensitive information.
A HIPAA incident would include the loss of Protected Health Information (PHI)
Cybersecurity teams
Risk management & compliance (RMC)
Working with campus partners to secure data and reduce risk.
Business systems security & Cybersecurity programs
Security for infrastructure and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems and security education, training, and awareness.
Cybersecurity operations
Monitoring the campus network for vulnerabilities, attacks, and incident response.
IT policies
IT policies, standards, and implementation plans.
IT asset reporting policy
This policy:
- Establishes an IT asset reporting program which provides the framework, guidelines, and requirements for reporting accurate IT asset data at UW–Madison.
- Supports procurement, maintenance, security, and disposal operations, and assists with the identification of institutional IT spending.
- Informs IT strategic planning and provides data to identify and resolve Cybersecurity risks.
Cybersecurity news, scams
Cybersecurity news
Congrats to this year’s cybersecurity meme contest winners!
November 11, 2024Secure our campus, secure our world
October 22, 2024Level UP your cyber game: college competition edition!
September 20, 2024- More news
Scams & alerts
Beware! UW–Madison Grad School phone scam
December 17, 2024- More scams
Strategies, initiatives & plans
2023-2025 Cybersecurity strategy
Malicious actors across the globe put UW–Madison’s data, systems, and digital assets at risk. To reduce our risk, UW–Madison’s Cybersecurity Strategy must also continually adapt and evolve.
Information security program
and work plan initiative
A Universities of Wisconsin initiative with a two-year work plan to bring all campuses in alignment around cybersecurity. UW–Madison is an enthusiastic partner in this initiative.
Endpoint
management
The Endpoint Management & Security Project’s overarching purpose is to identify, procure and implement a common set of efficient and effective solutions before January 1, 2020.
Self-attestion for firewall administrators
It is imperative that we remain secure behind a firewall (both physical and virtual) with proper Palo Alto infrastructure configuration. With this in mind, the team has developed a comprehensive self-attestation plan for firewall administrators.
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Share your thoughts
Give us your feedback and have a voice in UW–Madison’s cybersecurity plans.