Information-Security Incidents Handled by TDU-CSIRT

TDU-CSIRT provides a point of contact for information-security response, countermeasures, incident response, and prevention. Its listed coverage includes cyberattacks, unauthorized intrusions, information loss, website tampering, and other threats to the university’s information security.

TDU-CSIRT’s role and general coverage

TDU-CSIRT is a point of contact for information-security response and countermeasures. It supports incident response and prevention. It also handles other events that threaten the university’s information security.

Examples of incidents handled

TDU-CSIRT handles the following types of incidents: DoS attacks against the university; cases in which a university-managed server or similar system becomes the source of a DoS attack against an outside party; suspicious outages of university-managed servers or similar systems caused by unauthorized intrusion or similar activity; unauthorized intrusion into university-managed servers or similar systems where the systems are used as a stepping stone to enter the university’s internal network or attack another outside organization; targeted attacks that have occurred or are suspected to have occurred; and defacement of websites managed by the university.

Loss, theft, or leakage of important information

TDU-CSIRT handles incidents involving leakage, theft, or loss of important information managed by the university, including personal information. It also handles cases where any of these incidents are suspected.

Other information-security threats

In addition to the incidents listed above, TDU-CSIRT handles other events that threaten the university’s information security.

Official sources

The following official Tokyo Denki University materials were used to prepare this page.