Author: Dan Boyd
Welcome to week 2 of the 2026 Cybersecurity Awareness Month!
Week 2 brings us the story of Zestix. Zestix invaded more than 50 multinational companies because a few people never turned on multifactor authentication.
It’s back! October is here! Fall is…on its way…eventually? Mountain Day has come and gone. It is Cybersecurity Awareness Month and Information Security has all the cybersecurity awareness activities and goodies, ready to go. The Virtual Scavenger Hunt begins today! Prizes await a few lucky adventurers who attempt it. Cybersecurity awareness training started last week.
Welcome to September! The semester is in full effect, with academics, athletics. clubs, and work all vying for attention. I’m glad you chose to come read the September newsletter, as it contains some important announcements and information. There’s information on sensitivity labels, alumni accounts, credit card information, and Cybersecurity Awareness Month packed into this month’s edition.
I understand this email is only one of many you will receive this week, so I want to welcome everyone to the 2026 fall semester and try to cram as much information as I can into as little web page space as possible.
Well…summer finally got here, along with the temperatures to match. We knew it was coming, but it is always a bit overwhelming when it does. Welcome to July and to the July newsletter. This is the “broken record” edition of the newsletter, where I attempt to remind those who have read previous newsletters and educate those who are reading this information for the first time. I also have some information for those who were “unable” to complete both the fall 2025 and the spring 2026 cybersecurity awareness training.
Wait, didn’t you just get a newsletter a few days ago? Yes, but that was May, and May is busy. It is now June and by the time you are reading this, I will be out of the office enjoying some vacation. I hope everyone is able to do the same at some point this summer. Whatever you do, don’t take a vacation from being cyber-aware and vigilant about protecting your data.
Welcome to this midweek and very late edition of the monthly newsletter. As many of you are aware, there have been major events happening in the information security and higher education world. I’m going to briefly discuss both of the top issues (in my opinion) in this newsletter. Be prepared for some irony, skepticism and inevitability.