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

Don’t Touch That Phish!

Often we use this monthly column to let you know about cybersecurity trends and events in the higher education space or in the world at large. This month we’re going to focus on something that happened here at FIT, because it illustrates several key points about how each of us […]

October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month

October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM), and as we close the month out it seems like whoever decided back in 2004 that NCSAM would occur every October must have had a crystal ball tuned directly to 2020. Never before has information security been so clearly a front-and-center topic. […]

Working Safely From Home (Continued)

We hope you are all having a safe and enjoyable start to the fall semester. As we continue working, teaching, and learning remotely, we would like to keep providing tips and best practices to keep your home computers and home networks secure. To secure your home computer and home network: […]