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The Compensating Controls & Exceptions Form is up
Here are the Compensating Controls & Exception process submision forms for the UCSS.
October is IT Security Month
The annual OSU Information Security Day is October 9th. Events will be held this year at Pfahl Hall features some outstanding industry speakers. You can find more information on the OSU IT Security Day page.
Security Boot Camp outline up for comment
The CIO Security Group is developing an "Information Security Boot Camp" program that will be taught later this year. Comment on the proposed outline is encouraged during development. Check out the basic outline here
Check the Blackhole List
To see the current Blackhole listing click here
Report an Incident
To report a security breach or other security incident send an email to Security@osu.edu
System Configuration Questions
How can I secure my Windows/Unix/MacOS/Multics/... computer?
For details on specific operating systems, see the Host Best Practices document, which covers things in more detail. In general, the following will help you better secure whatever system you have.
- Keep up with system patches, and keep the operating system itself up to date! (Plan on rebuilding most systems once per year)
- Stop all running services which you don't intend to use on the machine.
- When installing a machine, don't connect it up to the network until after you've patched and secured it.
- Monitor the system logs daily/frequently, and log everything you can.
- Use good passwords, the longer & more non-alphabetic the better. Change them often.
- Use ssh instead of telnet, ftp, and rlogin/rsh.
