Information security

Data security at UTS and your responsibilities

All students must use UTS IT resources responsibly, including accounts and platforms, ensuring that their use complies with UTS policies, and state and federal legislation requirements.

Part of your responsibilities is to protect your passwords so make sure you never reveal these to anyone – you may be breaching university policies if you do.

Want to stay cyber smart? Check out our top tips.

Have you ever visited a website that asks you to download a ‘player’, ‘codec’ or ‘browser update’ before viewing a video online? Or received an email, supposedly from your bank, notifying you of unauthorised access and asking you to confirm your full name, date of birth and password to regain access to your account?
 
Check out Have I Been Pwned? (opens an external site) to see whether your email address has ever been part of a known data breach. Don't panic if you find your account on a list here – data breaches are far more common than we like to think, but reading our guide on password security will help keep your data secure.
 
Use the menu on the left to learn more about phishing emails, password security, browsing safely, social engineering and computer viruses.
 
You can find UTS IT Security on Twitter and Facebook where important announcements will be made.
 
Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.