Information Security

Information Security, also known as InfoSec, protects both physical and digital data—essentially data in any form—from unauthorized access, use, change, disclosure, deletion, or other forms of malintent.

You can help protect yourself by staying informed of the recent posts, following our Cybersafe tips, reviewing past threats, and reviewing previous CISO Updates.

FIT is Cybersafe is FIT’s campaign for cybersecurity for our community.

Cyberattacks, identity theft, and online scams are all over the news lately. A school might not seem like a likely target, but colleges, along with other institutions, are increasingly in the cross-hairs of global cybercriminals. College databases hold a lot of personal information about students and employees that can be valuable to hackers.

Many attacks against institutions like FIT succeed because of something a community member did (clicking on something they shouldn’t) or didn’t do (use a strong password). That’s why we’re starting a campaign to make everyone aware of what they can do to stay cybersafe. We’ll provide tips, training, and online resources and members of our security team will be at campus events to promote awareness and answer questions. And remember the same practices that protect you at FIT protect you at home.

Be aware—and Be Cybersafe!

Review Past Threats

Cybercriminals often reuse or create a variation of past scams, read through our threat archives to learn more about how to stay Cybersafe.

Threat Archives

Recent CISO Updates

Keep Your Devices Updated

New threats emerge in the world of cybersecurity every day. For example, in early February Google patched a 0-day vulnerability in Chrome. A “0-day” basically means that the bad guys found the vulnerability and used it before the vendor did, and now the vendor is catching up. The good news […]

A New Year in Cybersecurity

Welcome back after what we hope was a restful holiday break. This edition of the CISO Update will cover two topics: one a reminder and another a new and important initiative. First, many of us shortly will begin another semester of remote work due to the pandemic. We hope everyone […]

Quite an End to Quite a Year

For those who have been receiving this newsletter for a while, you’ll recall that our December update usually focuses on ways to protect yourself from holiday-themed phishing scams—and of course, that’s still very relevant this year. (Visit it.fitnyc.edu/holidayscams2017/ for some of our holiday guidelines and remember our “4 Dont’s” of phishing protection.) […]