Information Security at Union

The mission of the Information Security Office at Union College is to safeguard the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the college’s information assets and systems while fostering a culture of cybersecurity awareness and resilience.

We are dedicated to:

1. Protecting Institutional Data: Implementing robust security measures to protect sensitive academic, research, and administrative data from threats.

2. Enabling Academic and Operational Excellence: Supporting the college’s mission by ensuring secure and reliable access to technology resources.

3. Empowering the Community: Educating students, faculty, and staff to adopt best practices in cybersecurity and to understand their role in maintaining a secure environment.

4. Mitigating Risks: Proactively identifying, assessing, and addressing cybersecurity risks to minimize potential impacts on the institution.

5. Complying with Standards: Upholding all applicable laws, regulations, and policies to maintain trust and ensure ethical information handling.

The Information Security Office strives to create a secure foundation for learning, teaching, research, and community engagement. Thus ensuring that Union is a trustworthy steward of our community’s data.

What we do:

Consulting & Education - Vendor Risk Assessments, Security Awareness Training,

Secure Computing/Regulatory Compliance - Penetration testing, system scanning,

Incident Response and Investigation

Questions? infosec@union.edu, Extension 6700

Information Technology Services (ITS) will be offering IT Security Awareness Training through LinkedIn Learning. We have selected the course, Cybersecurity at Work, that is focused on helping you learn about the most common cybersecurity threats that affect the modern workplace and discover what you can do about them.

Employees remain the weakest cybersecurity link. As security attacks become more sophisticated, we need every member of the Union College community to play a role in enhancing security.

ITS is strongly encouraging you to take this course. The Cybersecurity at Work Training course will help you learn about

• Protecting sensitive information in your physical office
• Avoiding malware attacks
• Social engineering attacks, such as voice phishing
• Avoiding security attacks on smartphones
• Identifying different types of email scams
• Best practices for working with both public and home Wi-Fi
• The benefits of using VPN
• Creating strong passwords
• Protecting company and employee information

This LinkedIn Learning course is 55 minutes long, but is broken up into smaller modules with each video being 1 - 4 minutes in length. You do not need to finish this all in one sitting - if you want to watch it over time, it will keep track of where you left off.

To get started, click the link below (or copy the link and paste into your browser):

https://www.linkedin.com/learning-login/share?account=68600178&forceAccount=true&redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Elinkedin%2Ecom%2Flearning%2Fpaths%2Funion-college-security-awareness-training%3FshareId=57488f08-4d80-4ee0-9618-6712813330e2

• Security Awareness Tip of the Day
• Security Glossary