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Information Security

Incident Reporting

  • Incident reporting policies and requirements
    • What constitutes a security incident?
      security incident can be defined as any event that exposes information resources to accidental or intentional disclosure, modification, destruction, or decreased service levels. Security incidents may include, but are not limited to:

      • Unauthorized access on a host machine
      • Unauthorized wiretapping on the data network
      • Unsolicited bulk e-mail (spam) originating or passing through a VCU system
      • Denial of service attacks
      • Unauthorized modification of web pages
      • Compromised desktop PCs (Virus, Worm and Trojan attacks)

      Please follow the University Computer Security Incident Handling Procedures to report a security incident

  • Report a security incident (To SOM ISM)
    • Information Security Incident Report Form (Coming Soon)
    • Contact the VCU School of Medicine Information Security at s2dhan@vcu.edu
  • Report a lost or stolen device