UCSF IT Technology

Immediately report the theft or loss of your device to the UCSF Police Department: 415-476-1414. Remember that time is of the essence.  After reporting the loss or theft of your device to the UCSF Police Department,  it is critical that you contact the IT Service Desk at 415-514-4100 as soon as possible.

Because UC is a global organization, employees frequently travel domestically and abroad. UCOP has created the UCGO site at https://www.ucgo.org/ to (1) help facilitate this travel and (2) provide health and safety guidance and other critical resources while employees are traveling

Multiple methods for deploying whole-disk encryptions are used at UCSF Medical Center and UCSF Campus. The list of computer encryptions below is ordered by most to least well-used. For additional information regarding encryption, visit our Encryption FAQs.

UC is a global organization, so employees often travel domestically and abroad.

Chromebooks are unique devices that, considering their architecture from both a security and a service standpoint, warrant caution in using them for UCSF business. Chromebooks use local encryption by default (although it is system-level and not full-disk) and are architected against malware. However, there are challenges from a regulatory risk perspective.

For more details about participating in our awareness campaign (and winning prizes), visit the  Awareness Site.