Security Services

In the event of an emergency or significant disruption in operations, the University will use MessageMe to quickly distribute critical information to all active Harvard faculty, staff, students, and other community members who are likely to be on campus. MessageMe uses your HarvardKey contact information to alert you.

Description Harvard uses DUO Security to provide two-step verification on HarvardKey. Two-step verification is a simple and very effective security feature that, used with HarvardKey, can protect your Harvard account even if your password is stolen. Two-step uses a second device, commonly a mobile phone, to verify your identity. Setting it up helps to assure […]

Hard-drive encryption is a security protocol used to protect HLS data stored on a hard drive using specialized software, such as Bitlocker or FileVault. Data on an encrypted hard drive cannot be read by anyone who does not have access to the appropriate key or password.

Provide proactive assistance in assessing and mitigating security risks, to prevent improper data handling, compromised systems, and in meeting Harvard Enterprise Security Policy standards.

Web tool to send large files securely to any email address, on- or off- campus. This must be used for Level 3 and Level 4 file transfer off-campus.

Provide assistance in assessing and mitigating security incidents, such as may result from improper data handling, compromised systems, and Harvard Enterprise Security Policy related issues.

HLS Security Operations is responsible for implementing proactive service-based security to HLS in areas such as compliance, encryption, intrusion detection & prevention, HRCI scanning, and security assessment & analysis.

ITS installs and maintains anti-virus software on HLS machines for the detection and prevention of malware and viruses. If malware or virus activity is detected on an HLS machine despite the anti-virus software, ITS will immediately dispatch a technician to remove the threat.