Information Security
Staying secure and safe
Best practices to keep private and confidential information secure.
Information security
TRU information security governance includes policies, standards and a committee which help you and the university say secure.
Information security news
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It is 9am. Do you know where your email address is?
Thu, Apr 8
It is 9am on a Tuesday morning. You are getting ready to start your day after your favourite morning beverage, and think “do I know where my email address is?” It could be many places – your work computer, your...
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Slam the scam – Protect yourself against CRA fraud
Fri, Mar 19
Taxpayers should be vigilant when they receive, either by telephone, mail, text message or email, a fraudulent communication that claims to be from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) requesting personal information such as a social insurance...
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Clicking the Wrong Link Can Have Huge Impacts
Fri, Jan 15
In December 2020, just before the winter break, 17 unsuspecting TRU employees opened a malicious email message and clicked on a scam link. Once IT Services was informed of the scam (at infosecurity@tru.ca), they were able to stop several...
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How to spot harmful DocuSign phishing scams
Wed, Oct 28
There’s been a rise in phishing messages that look like they are from DocuSign. These harmful emails are disguised as legitimate DocuSign notifications related to invoices or other financial documents that require your signature....
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CRA Cyber-Scam
Fri, Jan 17
Over the last few days we have had a number of institutions report a wide-spread cyber-scam circulating from what appears to be the Canada Revenue Agency. This particular scam seems to be targeting students, faculty and staff at universities...
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Did You Click the Link?
Tue, Oct 29
Today, we were going to post another #NCSAM tip about staying safe in a digital world. Were we able to? No, spammers had other plans for us. For the third day, Thompson Rivers University was hit with yet another spam and phishing email,...