{"id":1109,"date":"2023-11-26T08:57:03","date_gmt":"2023-11-26T08:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/itdirectorate.aamusted.edu.gh\/?page_id=1109"},"modified":"2024-07-24T10:11:31","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T10:11:31","slug":"information-security","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/itdirectorate.aamusted.edu.gh\/index.php\/information-security\/","title":{"rendered":"information security"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1109\" class=\"elementor elementor-1109\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6599a82 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6599a82\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72c29c2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"72c29c2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b3d61c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3b3d61c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Information Security<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0a02c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b0a02c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><div class=\"layoutmanager\" style=\"font-family: 'PT sans ', sans-sherif;font-size: 19.04px\">The Information Security (InfoSec) team provides services to the collegiate University to support a unified and collaborative approach to reducing risks to personal information, research data and operational systems.<\/div><h2 style=\"font-weight: 700;line-height: 1.1;margin-top: 30px;margin-bottom: 10px;font-size: 1.75rem;clear: none;font-style: normal\">What is information security?<\/h2><p style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;, serif;font-size: 19.04px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400\">Information security refers to the technologies, policies and practices used to protect confidentiality, integrity and availability of information from cyber-attacks and other types of threat.<\/p><h2 style=\"font-weight: 700;line-height: 1.1;margin-top: 30px;margin-bottom: 10px;font-size: 1.75rem;clear: none;font-style: normal\">Why is information security important?<\/h2><p style=\"font-family: 'PT sans ', sans-sherif;margin-bottom: 10px;font-size: 19.04px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400\">Information is critical to all Aamusted operations. Any failure to protect our information automatically increases the risk of:&nbsp;<\/p><ul style=\"font-family: 'PT sans ', sans-sherif;margin-bottom: 15px;overflow: visible;font-size: 19.04px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400\"><li>Disruption to important activities<\/li><li>Reputational damage to the university<\/li><li>Potential monetary loss<\/li><\/ul><p style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;, serif;font-size: 19.04px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400\">&nbsp;<\/p><div class=\"file file-image file-image-png embed-image small align-left\" style=\"float: left;font-size: 16.184px;margin-bottom: 8px;max-width: 200px;margin-right: 15px;, serif\"><\/div><p style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;, serif;font-size: 19.04px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400\">, Chief Information Security Officer, Aaumusted.<\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;, serif;font-size: 19.04px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400\"><span class=\"fas fa-fw fa-quote-left\" style=\"!important\">&nbsp;<\/span>We are here to reduce the risk to our people of being harmed by a data breach and the risk to our research from theft or damage to data integrity. A unified approach is necessary from across 'One Aamusted' where every constituent part, and every individual, plays a role in maintaining our cyber security.<\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;, serif;font-size: 19.04px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400\">Cyber threats are a fact of life in the 21st century; with collective continuous improvement, we can reduce the likely impact on you and your work.<span class=\"fas fa-fw fa-quote-right\" style=\"!important\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><h2 style=\"font-weight: 700;line-height: 1.1;margin-top: 30px;margin-bottom: 10px;font-size: 1.75rem;clear: none;font-style: normal\">&nbsp;<\/h2><h2 style=\", sans-serif;font-weight: 700;line-height: 1.1;margin-top: 30px;margin-bottom: 10px;font-size: 1.75rem;clear: none;font-style: normal\">How can I take action?<\/h2><p style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;, serif;font-size: 19.04px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400\">If you have concerns or need some support to take action on your cyber security, or you just want to update your&nbsp;<a href=\"\/?page_id=939\">knowledge<\/a>, our aim is to provide you with the&nbsp;<a href=\"\/?page_id=1455\">training<\/a>&nbsp;and support that you need to be security savvy every day.&nbsp;<\/p><span style=\"font-family: 'PT sans ', sans-sherif;font-size: 19.04px;text-align: var(--text-align)\">Find out more information about this on our website, or contact a member of our team<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 19.04px;text-align: var(--text-align)\">&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"mailto:itdirecotorate@aamusted.edu.gh\" style=\", serif;font-size: 19.04px;text-align: var(--text-align)\">itdirectorate@aamusted.edu.gh<\/a><span style=\", serif;font-size: 19.04px;text-align: var(--text-align)\">.<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7f601a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c7f601a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b91eee1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b91eee1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3419ac9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3419ac9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Contact Us<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-640b564 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"640b564\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"mailto:itdirectorate@aamusted.edu.gh\">itdirectorate@aamusted.edu.gh<\/a><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74b4f74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"74b4f74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/itdirectorate.aamusted.edu.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/cybrer.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4468\" alt=\"security\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itdirectorate.aamusted.edu.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/cybrer.jpg 800w, https:\/\/itdirectorate.aamusted.edu.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/cybrer-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/itdirectorate.aamusted.edu.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/cybrer-768x480.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Information Security The Information Security (InfoSec) team provides services to the collegiate University to support a unified and collaborative approach to reducing risks to personal information, research data and operational systems. 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