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University at Buffalo IT Security Requirements

Every day we hear about online scammers who use phishing and other scams to lure unsuspecting victims into providing financial & other confidential information and hackers who use the Internet to access and infect personal computers with malware. You can help to protect your identity, your computer, UB's institutional data & reputation, and your money by following these 7 Security Practices from OnguardOnline.gov.

UB's baseline IT security requirements are provided in the NY State Information Security Policy and the following UB policies: