UC Cybersecurity Awareness Month (UCCAM)

October is UC Cybersecurity Awareness Month (UCCAM), the perfect time to protect yourself and our campus from cyber threats and to support our campus’s efforts to comply with new cybersecurity requirements.

New UC Cybersecurity Requirements

 We need your help to achieve success!

UC President Drake has issued new cybersecurity requirements that all UC locations must comply with by May 2025. Do your part and complete the following two requirements prior to the deadline: 

• Complete the employee UC Cybersecurity Awareness Fundamentals Training. 
  
  
• Use multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all UCSC email accounts. While individual accounts already require MFA, sundry, operational (aka functional), and sponsored accounts will also need it. If you manage one of these accounts, you’ll receive an email with instructions soon. 

Other ways to stay cyber secure

In addition to participating in this campus-wide initiative, you can take a few other simple and effective actions to protect yourself, secure our campus, and secure our world:

• Use strong passwords and a password manager.
• Recognize phishing attempts and report them. 
• Keep your software up-to-date.

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Videos

Check out these fun and informative security awareness videos that can help explain cybersecurity concepts, attacks, and tools.

Be Cyber Smart

Fight the Phish

Protect UCSC Data

Zoom Backgrounds - Show your UC Santa Cruz Cyber Pride!

Download these backgrounds to use during October to participate and show your cybersecurity spirit!

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Cybersecurity Toolkit

Here are some security-related tools and resources available to everyone in the UCSC community.

• Google Apps Security
• eduroam secure wireless - available at UCSC and at many other universities worldwide!
• Campus virtual private network (VPN)
• Encryption tools - for encrypting stored information.
• Report an Information Security Incident
• Google's Safe Browsing Tool - see whether Google has flagged a website as dangerous to visit.
• Secure data disposal - for university devices and electronic media containing P3-P4 data.

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