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

"Job Opening” Administrative Assistant Job Scam

Fake Job Offer for Department of Psychology

The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) has received reports of another administrative assistant job scam. Below is an example of this job scam email in which the scammer is claiming to be...

Posted: April 22, 2021, 8:05 PM

WARNING - Report of an Insurance Scam

Scammer Claims To Be From UMBC

UMBC's Division of Information Technology (DoIT) received notification of a telephone insurance scam.  The call came from 1-443-887-3438 and the caller id display UMBC. THIS IS NOT A UMBC...

Posted: April 14, 2021, 1:30 PM