News

by Joe Lee

The Student Notebook Computer Daily Loan Scheme (DLS) has been established by the Computing Services Centre for more than ten years (previously known as the Mobile Computer Service) to give students the convenience and flexibility to make use of the wireless network (Wifi) to access the campus IT ...

by Wilson Wong

What is Information Rights Management? Information Rights Management (IRM) is a technology that protects sensitive information from unauthorized access. It allows information owners/publishers to distribute sensitive information to specific individuals. When an email or a document is protected by ...

by JUCC ISTF

Data Centre Management
/* The following article is extracted from the "Information Security Newsletter" published by the JUCC IS Task Force. */ While data centre management is a cost-saving approach and brings a lot benefits including increased productivity, higher reliability, improved security and compliance, however ...

by JUCC ISTF

Data Centre Management
/* The following article is extracted from the "Information Security Newsletter" published by the JUCC IS Task Force. */ Data center management is a holistic process to oversee the operational and technical issues within a data centre or server room. It covers environmental control, physical ...

by Yeung Man

To support work related activities of staff and academic use by students, all regular staff and students are now free to install and use the latest versions of Microsoft Office software in the Office 365 ProPlus suite via the University's Enrollment for Education Solutions with Microsoft. This ...

by Tony Chan

The Computing Services Centre (CSC) is preparing to launch the Virtual Desktop Service (VDS) program very soon, to cater for the trend of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) and explore the feasibility of adopting personal mobile devices for teaching and learning. Around 40 virtual desktops will be ...

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 ...