Last Fall the Carnegie Mellon Information Security Office and the CyLab Usable Privacy and Security Laboratory conducted a study to help us learn how to better protect the Carnegie Mellon community from identity theft.

Windows, Mac, and Linux users running Adobe Reader or Acrobat are vulnerable to exploits. An unauthorized attacker may take complete control of an affected system by convincing the user to open a maliciously crafted Portable Document Format (PDF) file.

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Welcome back and Happy New Year! The ISO would like to extend its appreciation to all faculty and staff members who participated in the Identity Theft study.

In order to begin the 2009 spring semester with minimal disruption to your network connectivity while keeping your assets and data protected, Carnegie Mellon University and the Information Security Office would like to remind you of the following safety tips at Welcome Back Faculty and Staff.

Welcome back and Happy New Year! In order to begin the 2009 spring semester with minimal disruption to your network connectivity while keeping your assets and data protected, Carnegie Mellon University and the Information Security Office would like to remind you of the following safety tips at Welcome Back Students

Last Fall the Carnegie Mellon Information Security Office and the CyLab Usable Privacy and Security Laboratory conducted a study to help us learn how to better protect the Carnegie Mellon community from identity theft.

All Carnegie Mellon community members are invited to join us on April 10, 1:00 - 2:00 pm for a presentation and discussion of the results of this study

In December, the President's Council approved a new University-wide Information Security Policy. This new policy lays a foundation for protecting all institutional data, replacing the Data and Computer Security Policy that has been in effect since 1990.

For information on the new policy and how it will effect business units and colleges, please visit Information Security Policy.