Universität Leipzig: IT security

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Procedure in the event of security incidents

IT security incidents can have serious consequences for business operations. In order to be able to deal with such incidents as quickly as possible, we have created a guideline for you that will help you with the behaviour in the event of IT security incidents.

IT security services

Digital signature

A digital signature replaces your manual signature online with which you privatise your emails and PDFs, for example.

User certificate

You need the user certificate to encrypt or digitally sign e-mails and files, among other things.

Security software

To protect against viruses, we provide members of our university with security software for their end devices.

Measures and information on IT security

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Our firewall concept

At our university, we follow a multi-level firewall concept to protect your IT systems.

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Measures against malware and encryption Trojans

We inform you here about measures we take to counter malware and encryption Trojans.

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IT security at the work station

Here you will find an overview of important information and services on the topic of IT security at your work station.

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Cryptomator for encrypting files

We recommend the open source encryption programme "Cryptomator".

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Operating system update with the Microsoft Windows Update

Protect your computer by installing security updates with the URZ's Microsoft Windows Update.