Security Improvements Program

The Security Improvements Program comprises a suite of projects aimed at mitigating cyber security risks to protect UQ and its wider community.

UQ is delivering a cyber improvements security program that enhances our cyber security maturity, effectively manages risk, and protects UQ’s community and information assets against a constantly evolving threat landscape. This aligns with UQ's Cyber Security Strategy.

The cyber security program has achieved and continues to monitor many areas, including the following:

targeting areas where UQ operates outside its cyber security risk appetite
testing and deploying additional features within the firewall infrastructure to increase the security of the on-campus network and devices
automating privileges and access management (where possible)
enhancing asset and third-party management maturity levels
enabling hosted server account management
improving email security
addressing risks associated with remote working
implementing cyber security monitoring and reporting systems to give greater visibility of UQ’s cyber security environment and allow ITS to measure the effectiveness of security controls
implementing a cultural change program to increase cyber security awareness throughout the UQ community.

Report a cyber concern, and access training and awareness content on the Cyber Security website.

Benefits to UQ

The program will have several benefits to UQ, including:

improved protection against cyber security threats
increasing UQ’s cyber security maturity and capabilities
protection of UQ’s information assets including personal data and intellectual property of staff, students and the wider UQ community
educating the UQ community on cyber security threats and how to better protect themselves both at UQ and in their personal lives.