DoIT Security

The DoIT Security Group assists all members of the UMBC community with any IT security questions and requests. Many questions can be answered via the submission of a Request Ticket, and, if necessary, a DoIT employee can be contacted for additional assistance.

Submit a Security Ticket

The DoIT Security Group posts notices and articles about threats, scams, and attacks on the IT Security – DoIT myUMBC group. In order to receive information as quickly as possible, we recommend that members of the UMBC community follow our group. Once followed, any new articles and notices will be automatically sent to the subscriber via email and myUMBC notification.

How to Follow

  1. Go to my.umbc.edu/groups/itsecurity
  2. Make sure you are logged into myUMBC.
  3. Click the Follow button, and select Notifications to All Updates.

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IT Security Notices

All Students Req'd to Enroll in Duo by End of AY 2022-23

MFA account security is optional now, but highly recommended

As part UMBC’s ongoing efforts to keep the campus safe online, the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) will require that all students be enrolled in the campus’ Duo multi-factor...

Posted: August 22, 2022, 10:34 AM

Potential Account Data Breach: QuestionPro

Hackers attempt extortion with unverified database

In May 2022, the survey website QuestionPro was the target of an extortion attempt relating to an alleged data breach. Over 100GB of data containing 22 million unique email addresses (some of...

Posted: August 17, 2022, 1:19 PM