{"id":2717,"date":"2021-07-23T07:46:57","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T05:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpethzprd.ethz.ch\/its\/?p=2717"},"modified":"2021-07-23T07:46:59","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T05:46:59","slug":"when-your-computer-becomes-a-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/its\/2021\/07\/23\/when-your-computer-becomes-a-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"When your computer becomes a threat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Improved security for ETH IT-infrastructure<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An article on the partial revision of the BOT and at the same time on the planned introduction of IT vulnerability management at ETH was published in &#171;ETH intern aktuell&#187; on 22 July 2021. The article is available in German and English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>DE: <a href=\"https:\/\/ethz.ch\/services\/de\/news-und-veranstaltungen\/intern-aktuell\/archiv\/2021\/07\/mehr-sicherheit-fuer-die-it-infrastruktur-an-der-eth.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/ethz.ch\/services\/de\/news-und-veranstaltungen\/intern-aktuell\/archiv\/2021\/07\/mehr-sicherheit-fuer-die-it-infrastruktur-an-der-eth.html<\/a><\/li><li>EN: <a href=\"https:\/\/ethz.ch\/services\/en\/news-and-events\/internal-news\/archive\/2021\/07\/improved-security-for-eth-it-infrastructure.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/ethz.ch\/services\/en\/news-and-events\/internal-news\/archive\/2021\/07\/improved-security-for-eth-it-infrastructure.html<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Links<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u00abCyberattack alert\u00bb from 25 March 2021 <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ethz.ch\/services\/en\/news-and-events\/internal-news\/archive\/2021\/03\/cyberattack-alert.html\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/ethz.ch\/services\/en\/news-and-events\/internal-news\/archive\/2021\/03\/cyberattack-alert.html<\/a> <\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/rechtssammlung.sp.ethz.ch\/Dokumente\/203.21.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Acceptable Use Policy for Information and Communications Technology (BOT)<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tips to protect your data<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Always install <a href=\"https:\/\/ethz.ch\/services\/en\/it-services\/it-security\/awareness\/devices.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">updates<\/a> for the latest firmware, operating system, software and apps as soon as you can.<\/li><li>Use <a href=\"https:\/\/ethz.ch\/services\/en\/it-services\/it-security\/awareness\/devices.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">virus protection software<\/a> and be verify that it is updated regularly in the background at least once per hour.<\/li><li>Be sure to have regularly scheduled <a href=\"https:\/\/ethz.ch\/services\/en\/it-services\/it-security\/awareness\/data-security.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">backups<\/a> of your data and keep the backups in different places. <\/li><li>You should occasionally check whether your backed-up data can be restored. Whenever possible, use a professionally managed backup service (from IT Services or your IT support team). This is the best and most reliable way of securing your data.<\/li><li>Use secure <a href=\"https:\/\/ethz.ch\/services\/en\/it-services\/it-security\/awareness\/passwords.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">passwords<\/a> and change them immediately (using a safe computer) if you suspect that there is malicious software on your computer. Never use the same passwords.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Author of ETH News: Kathrin Noack, General Secretariat \/ CISO Office, ETH Zurich<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Improved security for ETH IT-infrastructure<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":838,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[257891,25],"tags":[301503,290389,301518],"class_list":["post-2717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-sec","category-news","tag-bot","tag-data-protection","tag-it-vulnerability-management"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/838"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2717\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}