Identity, Privacy and Cybersecurity

Privacy

Learn about how personal data is collected, stored, managed, shared, and the choices you have regarding your data.

Identity and Access

Learn about your different campus roles, and about access to applications, software and systems at the University of Illinois.

Cybersecurity

Learn about ways the University of Illinois protects individuals, networks, data, devices and the role that you play.


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October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month

Up your cybersecurity game this fall with free online activities that help you stay safer online. Start the month by competing against others from around the Big Ten in a cybersecurity game show. Guess the five-letter term in Passwordle. Submit your entry to name our new cyber mascot. And more.


The Cybersecurity Improvement Initiative

Technology Services and our campus IT partners are embarking on a multi-year effort to increase protection for our people, resources and data.


Need a privacy review?

We can provide free consultative services.

If your university responsibilities include storing, capturing, or processing PII, you could benefit from a privacy review. A privacy review looks at projects that create or collect new PII or use existing personal information in a new way.


Risk assessments make good business sense

If you are unsure who can officially accept certain risks, what the applicable processes look like, who the data stewards for certain data types are or who the risk holder might be for an existing gap, GRC can help.