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IT Security

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month

We’re going back to basics and sharing fundamental tips for minimizing cyber-risks

Three essential cyber-savvy skills

Hackers may devise new tactics every day but you can stay safe by knowing three crucial defences:

Prizes and contests

Students, faculty and staff have a chance to win big prizes this year!

We’re giving away:

  • Apple Watch or Google Pixel Watch (3 prizes)
  • $100 Amazon Gift Cards (95 prizes)
Student contests
Employee contests

The cybersafety landscape at TMU

infographic - The cybersafety landscape at our university.

As many as 30,000 account password-guessing attempts are logged by TMU each week. Each month, the university prevents 1.75 million connections from email systems known to send harmful messages. We reject close to 3.44 million monthly email delivery attempts from suspicious servers using invalid delivery methods to reach TMU users. On a daily basis, up to 450 emails with harmful attachments are blocked from reaching TMU users.