What the clinic does
Student teams, supervised by cybersecurity faculty, run basic security assessments — phishing-awareness testing, password policy review, network configuration checks — for organizations too small to afford a commercial audit.
How findings are handled
Every report is reviewed by supervising faculty before it reaches the client, and the clinic follows a strict responsible-disclosure process; students never access production systems without a signed authorization from the organization.
In and around Porter Falls
Research at Porter is applied and partner-driven: a Valley Health quality project, a DNR study on the Porter River, a manufacturing-process fix for a county employer. The Office of Research & Sponsored Programs handles the review and paperwork so the work can start on time.
The practical details
Serves: Nonprofits, schools and small businesses in Porter County. Cost: Free. Supervision: A faculty member reviews every finding before it's shared. Anything time-sensitive — an accommodation, a booking, a deadline — is worth confirming directly before you rely on it, because the specifics here can change from term to term.
If you have a question
The office behind this is Office of Research & Sponsored Programs (Millwright Hall, Room 340). Call (715) 555–0230 or email research@uwporterfalls.edu during the fall and spring terms, or sign in to MyPorter to send a message or book a time. If it turns out another office owns the question, they will route it rather than send you back to the start.
Fictional information
UW–Porter Falls is a work of parody. Every office, person, building, phone number and statistic on this page is invented; nothing here describes a real institution or a service you can actually contact.