UMBC Cybersecurity and IT Compliance

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Recent Phishing Attempts At UMBC

Whether you are a student, teacher, or any other faculty member, we all have different goals and aspirations in our everyday lives at UMBC. What we all have in common in this community is making...

Posted: April 3, 2019, 10:58 AM

Backing Up Data

What is Backup? Backup is for recovery from hardware failure or recent data corruption or loss. Why Backup is needed? A Backup is copy of your data that is made in order to protect...

Posted: December 18, 2018, 11:33 AM

Hotspots and Public Wi-Fi

Public Wi Fi is famous with its easily availability and free access. Any person with their computer or other devices can access Public Wi -Fi. Public Wi -Fi could be found in convenient places...

Posted: December 10, 2018, 10:48 AM

Social Engineering

 Definition of Social Engineering. In social engineering, a cybercriminal is basically relying on social activities (and interactions) of human beings to collect information by tricking them....

Posted: November 6, 2018, 9:33 AM

RISKS OF DIGITAL DEVICES LEFT UNATTENDED.

The topic is about pros and cons for leaving a digital device unattended, such as a cell phone, a laptop or a desktop computer. It does not matter whether devices are personally owned or business...

Posted: October 31, 2018, 1:31 PM