Security Resources

This page provides links to documents, tools, and other resources with a particular emphasis on customer computing support, system administration, and security.

UW Medicine Subnet List

• Subnet list in multiple formats

Customer Computing Support

• UW Medicine IT Services Help Desk (Ph: 206-543-7012)
• UW Medicine IT Services Accounts and Passwords (Info on account requests and logon problems)
• UW Medicine IT Services Data Center Operations and Monitoring (DCOM)
• UW Technology Computing and Networking Support
• UW Technology Service Center (Ph: 206-221-5000)
• UW Technology Network Operations Center (Ph: 206-543-5128)
• UW Technology eOutage Alerts (Ph: 206-368-8243)
• UW Technology disabled port page
• UW Technology unblock port page
• UW Technology Computer Maintenance Group
• UW Technology Nebula Support
• Health Sciences Computing Support Group
• FHCRC/SCCA Help Desk (Ph: 206-667-5700)

UW Mailing Lists

• TechSupport Mailing List
• UW Medicine Security Mailing List
• SOMITS Mailing List
• UWMC Technical Users Group Mailing List
• HMC Technical Users Group Mailing List
• WASP (Web Application Security Peer group) Mailing List
• Netscreen and NSM Mailing List

Security Checklists and Guides

Vulnerability Lists & Announcements

• US-CERT Vulnerability Notes
• Internet Storm Center
• National Vulnerability Database
• SANS Top 20 Vulnerabilities
• Secunia
• Security Focus
• Symantec Response Center

SysAdmin & Security Tools

• Security Patch Sites
• Security Assessment Tools
• UW Technology Security Center
• UW Disabled Network Ports
• UW Unblock Port Site
• Secure disk wiping utility - DBAN
• Unix and Mac OS X disk drive recovery - ddrescue

Computer/Software Purchasing and Disposal

• UW Data Security Addendum (For all contracts involving 3rd party access to confidential data)
• UW Police Department Electronic Equipment Registration (For personally-owned equipment)
• UW Surplus Property

Policy Support Documents

• UW Medicine and Affiliate Email Systems Using TLS Encryption
• Outlook Express S/MIME Configuration Guide (MS Word)
• Review of USB Flash Drives with Encryption (PDF)