Security Resources

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

Customer Computing Support

• UW Medicine IT Services Help Desk (Ph: 206-543-7012)
• Old UW Medicine IT Services Help Desk (Read-only mode during transition)
• 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 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

SysAdmin & Security Tools

• Vulnerability Lists & Announcements
• Security Patch Sites
• Security Assessment Tools
• UW Technology Security Center
• UW Disabled Network Ports
• UW Unblock Port Site
• Dban - Disk wiping utility
• ddrescue - clone a failing disk
• ddrescue - Unix and Mac OS X notes

Computer/Software Purchasing and Disposal

• Purchasing Contract Security Addendum HTML PDF DOC
• UW Police Department Electronic Equipment Registration (For personally-owned equipment)
• UW Surplus Property - Computer Disposal

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)