Greetings!

Hello. My name is Gen Cralev and I am an Information Security Support Analyst at the Information Security Group (ISG). That’s quite a long job title, but what does it mean? Primarily, I am the first point of contact for ISG. So if you call our office on +44 (0)20 7679 7338 or email isg@ucl.ac.uk it will most likely be me that you deal with initially. At that point, I will either assist you with your query, or pass it on to one of my colleagues if it relates to their area of expertise.

Goals

The fundamental goal of ISG is to protect the information assets of UCL and we achieve this in a number of ways. Some of the things that we do include:

• Conducting structured risk assessments
• Performing vulnerability scans and penetration tests on our systems
• Actively monitor systems for incoming, outgoing and internal attacks
• Responding to threats to our information assets
• Ensuring that relevant policies are up to date
• Raising awareness of potential risks and promoting best practice

See a more detailed list on our Service Catalogue page.

Later on this week I will write more in depth about some of the common queries that ISG faces and basic concepts of information security.