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Office of Cybersecurity

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.

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Report an incident

Report a HIPAA Incident

**A HIPAA incident would include the loss of Protected Health Information (PHI)

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Current campus risk rating

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Request a risk assessment

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Cybersecurity awareness training

Cybersecurity teams

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Risk management & compliance (RMC)

Working with campus partners to secure data and reduce risk.

Learn about RMC

HIPAA security program

Contact RMC

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Cybersecurity operations

Monitoring the campus network for vulnerabilities, attacks, and incident response.

Report an incident

Contact cybersecurity operations

Endpoint management & security standards

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Business systems security

Security for infrastructure and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems.

Contact business systems security

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Cybersecurity programs

IT policy, security education, training, and awareness.

Contact IT Policy

Contact cybersecurity awareness training

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.

IT asset reporting policy

More cybersecurity policies

Initiatives, strategies & plans

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Cybersecurity
regulatory compliance

Supporting UW–Madison faculty, staff, and researchers with compliance in multiple regulatory categories impacting protected and sensitive data including HIPAA, GDPR, CUI and PCI-DSS.

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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.

More about endpoint management

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Information security program
and work plan initiative

A UW System initiative with a two-year work plan to bring all campuses in alignment around cybersecurity. UW–Madison is an enthusiastic partner in this initiative.

Departmental IT security baseline

About initiative

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Multi-factor
authentication

Multi-Factor Authentication adds an extra layer of security that requires an individual to verify their identity using something that only they possess — for example, a smartphone or token.

More about multi-factor authentication

Give us your feedback

Share your thoughts

Give us your feedback and have a voice in UW‍–‍Madison’s cybersecurity plans.

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