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Recent News

The Compensating Controls & Exceptions Form is up

Here are the Compensating Controls & Exception process submision forms for the UCSS.

GeoTrust SSL Certificate Purchasing Explained

Instructions on how to order SSL Certificates through GeoTrust can be found on this page

Security Boot Camp outline up for comment

The CIO Security Group is developing an "Information Security Boot Camp" program that will be taught later this year. Comment on the proposed outline is encouraged during development. Check out the basic outline here

Check the Blackhole List

To see the current Blackhole listing click here

Report an Incident

To report a security breach or other security incident send an email to Security@osu.edu

E-mail & Newsreader Questions

I'm seeing Unwanted News/E-mail Involving OSU Systems

I'm being bombed with a large number of E-mail messages - what can I do?

Someone from one of OSU's address blocks is sending bad E-mail to us.

I saw a posting from an OSU news server which was forged.

In general, please first check the headers of the news or E-mail and verify that it is either coming from, or going to an OSU system. You can find a pretty good tutorial on reading email headers at http://www.stopspam.org/email/headers.html

Next, if you have verified that an OSU address was involved in the message, please contact the IT Service Desk. They can be contacted by phone at (614) 688-HELP, or by E-mail at 8help@osu.edu. They will route your request to the appropriate group.

I'm Receiving Harassing E-mail - How Can I Stop It?

If you are receiving E-mail which is threatening in some way, you should contact the OSU Police Department at (614) 292-2121. If you feel that your life is in danger, call 911.