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by JUCC ISTF

Protection against Hacking
/* The following article is extracted from the "Information Security Newsletter" published by the JUCC IS Task Force. */ Hardening steps specific to each hacking category should be considered when planning the protection of the universities' systems against hacking. Hardening Steps against Scanning ...

by JUCC ISTF

Protection against Hacking
/* The following article is extracted from the "Information Security Newsletter" published by the JUCC IS Task Force. */ Common Types of Attack Vulnerability scanning Hacker may initiate vulnerability scanning on target organisation's network to proactively identify the vulnerabilities of computer ...

by JUCC ISTF

Protection against Hacking
/* The following article is extracted from the "Information Security Newsletter" published by the JUCC IS Task Force. */ There are a number of risks universities should pay attention to when considering or implementing different hacking protection methodologies. 1. Excessive Reporting and False ...

by JUCC ISTF

Protection against Hacking
/* The following article is extracted from the "Information Security Newsletter" published by the JUCC IS Task Force. */ Introduction to Hacking In order to protect the universities' information systems against malicious attacks, IT professionals should obtain a basic understanding of the common ...

by Annie Yu

With technology moving along at a rate so fast that it is easy to fall behind if one does not stay up to date with one’s IT skill set. The Computing Services Centre (CSC) saw the training needs and had been running Staff Computer Courses and Student Computer Literacy courses for many years. Course ...

by S K Tsui, Cheung Sai Hung

wifi
CityU has been offering wireless LAN (Wi-Fi) service since year 1997. It enables us the freedom and flexibility of accessing the Internet without cable. With the sharp growth of different brands and models of Wi-Fi user devices being brought and used on campus which may run different Wi-Fi ...

by Kevin Chan

What is Lync Online? As the University has adopted Microsoft Office 365 (O365) not long ago, one of its module, Lync Online Service (Lync for short) is also offered in the software suite. Lync is a unified communication cloud service hosted by the Microsoft which supports various interactive ...

by Cathy Lau

A delegation from the Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia learned about the Paperless Office Project implemented at CityU during a visit on 3 December.

by Henry Wong

University Email
With the successful migration of the University email systems for students and alumni from the on-premises systems to Microsoft Office 365 Exchange Online (“O365” is Microsoft’s cloud solution for educational institutions) in 2013, the Information Strategy and Governance Committee (ISGC) of the ...

by Joe Lee, Simpson Wong, Tony Chan

Relocation of Mac Lab To improve management of Teaching Studios, the Mac Lab (AC2-5607) has been relocated to room AC2-4101 on 4/F. All Mac machines, lockers, benches and the working environment are maintained. Room AC2-5607 is now equipped with advanced PCs providing two operating systems (Windows ...