In 2015, the University appointed consulting firms to conduct cybersecurity audit for HKUST. The audit put focus on the critical IT assets (like web applications and servers) owned by non-central IT departments / offices. Valuable feedbacks were received. The key recommendations have led to the following:

• Defining the University's Cybersecurity Policy and Governance
• Strengthening the roles and responsibilities of department CyberSecurity Coordinators (CSC) to combat security threats by working closely with central IT departments
• Defiinge minimum security standards for critical IT assets for assurance of security protection

ITSC will continue to work closely with corresponding stakeholders to implement cybersecurity measures inline with the recommendations. Most updated campus Cybersecurity information can be found from the following web site :

http://itsc.ust.hk/cyber-security