{"id":20861,"date":"2022-03-12T17:32:53","date_gmt":"2022-03-12T17:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/isnews\/?p=20861"},"modified":"2022-03-17T12:35:01","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T12:35:01","slug":"stay-safe-from-cyber-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/isnews\/stay-safe-from-cyber-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Stay safe from cyber-attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At Kent we have strong and robust security practices to help keep you and our services safe.<\/p>\n<p>Although\u202fthe National Cyber Security Centre is not aware of any specific threats to UK\u202funiversities, there\u202fhave been a number of\u202fcyber-attacks\u202fon Ukraine which could have wider global consequences. Following guidance from\u202fJisc,\u202fwe are\u202fworking with cyber security colleagues and other University IT leads to improve security and minimise the impact of any such attacks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What you can do to help<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you experience any suspicious online activity or receive any worrying emails, please report them to us.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Keep your devices and software up-to-date: ensure all your devices (phones, tablets, laptops, macs) are running the latest operating systems<\/li>\n<li>Install the latest software and app updates, including antivirus and remove any unused software<\/li>\n<li>Keep your password secure: don\u2019t use the same password for all your accounts<\/li>\n<li>Only confirm MFA logins if associated with your own actions.\u00a0 Reject any unknown MFA confirmation requests.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Stay up-to-date with our latest advice so you know how to operate safely and with caution when online:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/guides\/protect-your-devices\">Protect your devices and data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/guides\/email-safety\">Email safety<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/guides\/multi-factor-authentication-mfa\">Set up multi-factor authentication (MFA) on your devices<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/guides\/staff-online-data-security\">Online data security<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Help and support<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you have any concerns or experience any problems please get in touch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Kent we have strong and robust security practices to help keep you and our services safe. Although\u202fthe National Cyber Security Centre is not aware &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/isnews\/stay-safe-from-cyber-attacks\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":886,"featured_media":20158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10268],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/isnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20861"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/isnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/isnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/isnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/886"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/isnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20861"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/isnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20895,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/isnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20861\/revisions\/20895"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/isnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/isnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/isnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/isnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}