Information Security
Incident Response
All members of the Coastal Carolina University community must report information security incidents that have a real impact on the University. An information security incident may include, but is not limited to, the following:
- Evidence of tampering with data;
- System is overloaded to the point it is not responsive (denial of service attack on the network);
- Website defacement;
- Unauthorized access or repeated attempts at unauthorized access (from either internal or external sources);
- Social engineering incidents;
- Virus attacks which cause workstations or servers to be inoperable;
- Email which includes threats or material that could be considered harassment;
- Discovery of unauthorized or missing hardware or software in your area; and
- Other incidents that could undermine or raise concern about the stability or reliability of the Coastal Carolina University information technology systems.