Information Assurance & Office of Privacy

FY2025 Selected Highlights

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ITS Information Assurance

In a single day at U-M, 13,439 malicious emails are blocked by Area 1.

ITS Office of Privacy

Debuted a comprehensive, engaging, and accessible data protection training for IT professionals that has been adopted by all ITS staff and some unit IT departments
99.32%
of all known university systems have CrowdStrike Falcon Endpoint Protection across the Ann Arbor, Flint, and Dearborn campuses.

In a single day at U-M:

13,439

Malicious emails are blocked by Area 1

53
Cyberthreats such as ransomware are detected
8.2 million

messages U-M receives in a day

5.1 million

messages delivered to recipients

3.1 million

messages rejected

1,000+

University of Michigan websites protected with U-M Cloudflare

279
closed or resolved security risks in FY25

Hosted the Annual 2025 Data Privacy Day

The event featured a keynote with Sauvik Das and an in-depth conversation with UMSI Prof. Florian Schaub.

5,697 students
participated in the annual Cybersecurity + Privacy Challenge
22
alerts, advisories, & notices
 
77
articles published
 
2,000+
curated news articles

Revitalized Cybersecurity and Data Protection Training for IT Professionals, Faculty, and Staff

“Wow! It’s so good! …the best example of this type of training I’ve ever seen.”

 
 
 
 
 

Rocket launching from computer screen

Launched a First-of-its-Kind Privacy Self-Assessment Tool

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