Mission Statement
The mission of the Information Technology Security Office is to help the
University appropriately protect the confidentiality, integrity and
availability of computing and information assets. We endeavor to achieve our
mission by providing leadership to the University community in the following
areas:
• information security awareness
• education and consulting
• information security assessments
• information technology incident response
Vision Statement
Our vision is to help the University be recognized as a responsible, credible
and trustworthy steward of the valuable information and computing assets our
citizens, colleagues, students and partners entrust us with.
For more details about the services we offer, please refer to our
Services
page.
For answers to some frequently asked questions (FAQs), visit our
Questions
page.

For information about some of the recently discovered dangers to the USC
computing community (malicious e-mail, viruses, etc.), visit our
Threats
page.
For other IT Security news, and tips about safe computing, visit our
News & Tips
page.

For a list of resources related to IT Security (training, recommended reading,
websites, etc.), visit our
Resources
page.