{"id":103943,"date":"2025-08-21T16:51:39","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T20:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=103943"},"modified":"2025-08-25T14:50:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T18:50:04","slug":"brock-its-team-shares-cybersecurity-tips-for-travelling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2025\/08\/brock-its-team-shares-cybersecurity-tips-for-travelling\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock ITS team shares cybersecurity tips for travelling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As Brock students, faculty and staff enjoy the last weeks of summer, the University\u2019s Information Technology Services (ITS) team is reminding users to protect their devices while travelling.<\/p>\n<p>Securing devices before, during and even after a trip is critical for preventing cyberattacks, such as malware, from compromising personal or financial information.<\/p>\n<p>Before travelling, users should:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Set up a password, PIN or biometric option for locking their devices and enable <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/information-technology\/security\/multi-factor-authentication\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">multi-factor authentication<\/a> (MFA) on accounts in case a device is lost or stolen.<\/li>\n<li>Download streaming contents while connected to a secure home network to avoid logging into accounts on unsecure networks while travelling.<\/li>\n<li>Enable anti-virus software to monitor for suspicious activity.<\/li>\n<li>Back up data to a hard drive or cloud storage to avoid losing it in case of a cyberattack like <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/information-technology\/security\/ransomware\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ransomware<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While travelling, users should:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Avoid using unknown, unsecured or public Wi-Fi when accessing sensitive information and use a Virtual Private Network (VPN) if they must use Wi-Fi.<\/li>\n<li>Disable Wi-Fi on their devices when to avoid accidentally connecting to unsecured networks.<\/li>\n<li>Disable Bluetooth when not in use so cybercriminals can\u2019t connect to their devices.<\/li>\n<li>Keep their devices with them or in a locked safe.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid public charging stations to reduce the risk of \u201cjuice jacking,\u201d <em>a type of cyberattack where malicious software or hardware is hidden inside a public USB charging port or cable.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After travelling, users should:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Run a full scan with anti-virus software before reconnecting to their home networks.<\/li>\n<li>Delete unused apps and check their financial accounts for any suspicious activity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Brock community members can also reach out to ITS with questions or forward suspicious messages to <a href=\"mailto:itsecurity@brocku.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">itsecurity@brocku.ca<\/a> for the IT Security team to investigate.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Brock students, faculty and staff enjoy the last weeks of summer, the University\u2019s Information Technology Services (ITS) team is reminding users to protect their devices while travelling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":103958,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[54,7],"tags":[5331,7822],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103943"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103943"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103994,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103943\/revisions\/103994"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}