IT Security Week 21st-25th January 2019
IT Services are delighted to announce that IT Security Week will take place from the 21st to the 25th of January 2019.
During IT Security week every year IT Services publishes a range of topical articles on our website, and organises events in order to increase awareness of important IT Security issues impacting University Staff and Students.
This year we will be publishing information on significant new security enhancements which will be arriving in 2019 for University staff as part of the Unified Communications Project. We will also provide useful information on how staff and students can keep their computers, phones and tablets secure and protect their personal information online.
To mark International Data Protection Day on Thursday 24th of January IT Services in conjunction with the Information Compliance Office and Science Gallery will be holding a number of events.
- Drop-in Data Protection Clinic - 10am-12pm - Science Gallery
Staff and students are invited to join us in the Science Gallery between 10:00am - 12:00pm on Thursday 24th for a free drop-in Data Protection Clinic. Experts will be on hand to provide up-to-date IT and Legal advice on how to protect your both your personal and University data.
- Panel Discussion “Protection Vs Privacy” - 18:30-19:30 - Robert Emmet Theatre.
While new technologies have the potential to keep us safer, is it at the expense of our right to privacy? Join us for a lively discussion led by Elaine Burke managing editor of Silicon Republic. Panellists include solicitor at PG McMahon, Rossa McMahon who has a particular interest in data protection and privacy; Lecturer in Law at Maynooth University, Dr Maria Helen Murphy, whose research is in the areas of privacy law, surveillance, data protection, information technology law, and human rights; and computer engineer, Professor Jane Grimson, who is Fellow Emerita and Pro-Chancellor at Trinity College Dublin.
- University Philosophical Society 19:30 – location TBC
The University Philosophical Society will discuss the motion “This house regrets the creation of the Internet”
Remember throughout the year, you can keep up-to-date with the latest IT Services news, improvements and security information at www.tcd.ie/itservices and the University Information Security Manager Sara McAneney is always available to answer any queries you might have about IT Security and protecting your University data.