Protecting information is one part awareness of data security issues and one part developing an outreach program that will assist the MIT community in protecting its sensitive and confidential information.  Use the resources below to help raise your awareness.

• Credit Card Processing @ MIT


• Data Destruction
• Removing Sensitive Data
• Paper Shredding
• Secure Delete for PC


• IAP Seminars
• UPCOMING: 2010 Seminar: Handling Sensitive Data, What Everyone Needs to Know
• 2009 Seminar: Handling Sensitive Data
• Presentation (pdf)
• Handout 1: How to handle different types of sensitive data (pdf)
• Handout 2: Shredders and other steps to secure information (pdf)
• Handout 3: Places to look for Personally Identifiable Information (pdf)
• 2008 Seminar: Protecting Sensitive Information


• IS&T newsletter back issues
• How to Protect Yourself from Identity Theft
• Key Steps for Coping with Identity Theft
• Tips for Handling Sensitive Data
• Erase Data from Devices Before You Sell or Recycle
• Thumb Drives: Easy for Storage But a Threat to Security
• Mass. Passes Data Security Breach Notification Law
• Data Incident Response Team Established at MIT
• Protecting Data Through PCI Compliance
• Safeguards for Social Security Numbers


• IT Security at MIT


• IT Partners Presentation, Nov. 2006 (ppt)


• MIT Identity Theft Prevention program (pdf)


• MIT Policy 13.2 on use of Information Technology


• OGC Article: Massachusetts Passes Law Regarding Disposition and Destruction of Records Containing Personal Information, aka "Data Breach Law"


• Police at MIT - Crime Prevention Unit
• ID Theft
• Resources


• Sensitive Data: Your Money AND Your Life brochure (pdf)

Last updated November, 2009