Cybersecurity Awareness

Backing Up Your Data

What is a Backup?

A backup is a second copy (or more) of your digital files and it can protect you from data loss. You can access this backup in the event your device or data become inaccessible, destroyed, or damaged. Data loss can occur in many ways: a computer or hardware crash, a lost or stolen device, data corruption, or malware that encrypts it and holds it for ransom.

Two types of backup are sync services and traditional backups: Sync (or cloud) services backup individual files and do not include...

Password Management with LastPass

Overview

Creating strong, unique passwords for each of your personal and work accounts isn't a chore when using a password manager - like LastPass. LastPass can generate and remember passwords for you - no more writing your passwords down and potentially exposing your credentials. Using strong and unique passwords on each of your accounts increases your personal and professional online security.

UC Berkeley offers FREE...

Holiday Shopping Posters

Broaden your online shopping awareness

Below are posters (11" x 17") and flyers (8.5" x 11") you can use to learn how to protect yourself from cyber criminals while shopping this season.
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Cybersecurity Posters and Flyers

Security is a shared responsibility. We all have a part to play. Know what you are working with and protect research with these handy flyers.

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Settings for Securing Zoom

UC Berkeley Zoom

UC Berkeley's Zoom service may only be used for P3 (and below) data according to the Berkeley Data Classification Standard and may not be used to transmit or store P4 data including, but not limited to: Social Security numbers, financial account numbers, or export controlled data. Refer to the Data Classification Standard for a comprehensive list of P4 data types.

This applies...

Securing Home Wi-Fi

Find your router’s web page

Here are instructions on how to find your router’s IP address. Once you have the IP address (e.g., 192.128.1.1) type it into an address bar (aka URL bar).

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Data Privacy Week 2022

January 24 - 28th is Data Privacy Week

Data Privacy Week is an annual campaign to spread awareness about data privacy and educate individuals on how to secure their personal information. It also works to encourage businesses to respect privacy and be more transparent about how they collect, store and use data.

This year, Data Privacy Week 2022, spotlights the value of information and how to “Keep It Private”. Get started with NCA’s ...

Data Privacy Day 2020

Manage Your Privacy Settings: 1. Secure all devices, especially smartphones.

Smartphones are carried by virtually everyone and often they contain our most personal information. Whether iPhone or Android, research the best way to secure it for full privacy including options such as remote wipe.

2. Use a unique password for each site.

That way, if one of your passwords gets compromised, the others are still safe. Use complex passwords and never share them. Using multi-factor authentication (MFA) wherever possible will help protect you even more. Keep your university and personal...

Data Privacy Week Posters

Own Your Privacy

Learn how to review privacy settings for Google Calendar (bCal), Google Groups (bConnected Lists), and Google Drive (bDrive).

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Database Hardening Best Practices

This checklist was developed by IST system administrators to provide guidance for securing databases storing sensitive or protected data. Implementing these security controls will help to prevent data loss, leakage, or unauthorized access to your databases.

Physical Database Server Security The physical machine hosting a database is housed in a secured, locked and monitored environment to prevent unauthorized entry, access or theft. Application and web servers are not hosted on the same machine as the database server...