CIS News: September 2006

News, Classes and a Colloquium

Start a new school year with more computing security smarts. Take a free class and read the fall edition of Secure IT!, now online and featuring:

• How to avoid Drive-By Downloads and spot Evil Twins
• Links to free classes, from the basics to wireless, networking, Mac OS X and much more
• Registration for the colloquium "Privacy, Piracy and Protection"
• E-Commerce at Brown
• Plus a new InfoSec profile

Visit www.brown.edu/cis/itsecurity/news/ for all the details.

And as part of National Cyber Security Awareness month, we will present a special half-day event on October 25. "Cyber Security Awareness Colloquium: Privacy, Piracy And Protection" will include three afternoon sessions, each focusing on a different topic: identity theft, social networking web sites, and balancing global security and individual privacy. Register now for one or more of the sessions, which are open to the entire Brown community.

Please go to our Keep IT Safe & Secure web site for more details on this special event, which includes a free raffle and refreshments.