Report vulnerabilities in the systems
Leiden University devotes a great deal of attention to the security of its systems. Nevertheless there may still be vulnerabilities in our systems. If you discover such a vulnerability, please let us know as soon as possible.
If you discover an error or a vulnerability in one of our systems or networks, please share this information with us via abuse@leidenuniv.nl before informing others. This is known as ‘responsible disclosure’. We are happy to work with you to better protect our systems.
Responsible disclosure
This document explains the procedure of reporting vulnerabilities and the conditions you must adhere to in such cases.
DownloadReporting incidents
Cases of potential or actual phishing, data breaches or malware can be reported to the ISSC helpdesk (tel. 8888). Any loss of confidential data should also be reported to your supervisor.
If you are reporting phishing to ISSC, please include the phishing e-mail as an attachment. You can do this as follows:
- If you are in the Outlook window, click on ‘Home’ in the top left-hand corner.
- Next to ‘Forward’, you will see an option called ‘More’.
- If you click ‘More’, you will see the option to forward the message as an attachment.