Are you at risk?
How important is ... Your identity? Your personal finances? Your research? Your University's reputation? Your students' privacy? Your co-workers' privacy?
Below you will find information covering a wide spectrum of your personal technology needs. We recommend you skim through each section and conclude by taking the training course at the bottom of the page.
- Your logon ID and password are your online signature. Do you have a strong password and do you share it with NO ONE?
- Do you store any Personally Identifiable Information (PII) or Patient Health Information (PHI) on any computer or device that you control? Is it absolutely essential? If so, is it registered? Secured?
- Do you only access UCLA online resources from a fully secured computer? If someone can install a key-logger on your machine, they automatically have your logon ID and password (i.e. your signature!)
- Do you access and make use of University data only as required to meet the requirements of your job?
- Is your hardware secured?
- Is your software licensed?
- Do you understand and abide by Digital Copyright laws?
- Do you understand and abide by FERPA and HIPAA requirements?
- Do you understand and abide by the UC Electronic Communications Policy?
- Do you know General UCLA Compliance Information?
UCLA Computer and Data Security Training
Safe Computing Brochure