Author: Dan Boyd
Emails about a “Ethical Conduct Program for Berry College Employees” is fraudulentSome users have received an email from a non-Berry email address that purports to be from President Briggs. The email describes an “ethical conduct program” that all employees must follow, details of which is contained in the attached document. The…
NCSAM Week 4 – BYOD, Know Your Devices, and Keep Up With Your Devices
This week’s discussion of “Own IT, Secure IT, Protect IT” is all about devices – smartphones, laptops, tablets, watches, and other “smart” things. Students, faculty, and staff have been “bringing their own devices” (BYOD) here at the college for nearly…
Welcome to week 3 of National Cyber Security Awareness Month! We’re already more than halfway through October. Halloween approaches! I know most of you students will not read this until Wednesday at the earliest. Who wants to spend Fall Break…
Welcome to week 2 of National Cyber Security Awareness Month! This week we will again explore all three aspects of this year’s theme – “Own IT, Secure IT, Protect IT”. Remember, the “IT” stands for “information technology”, and, just like…
Emails from info@interviewexchange.com asking you to register are legitimateAs explained in an October 1st email from Wayne Phipps, Director of Human Resources for the college, you will receive an email asking you to register on the new annual performance review site. This is a valid email and you…
Data Breach Notification: Wanelo
Sometime in December 2018, the digital mall Wanelo suffered a data breach that included 23 million unique email addresses along with passwords. Some passwords were stored with weak encryption, others with better encryption. Either way, they are exposed and…
Welcome to National Cyber Security Awareness Month, also known as NCSAM! Every week this month we will explore topics around the theme of “Own IT, Secure IT, Protect IT”. That’s not three typos in a row, that’s “IT” as in…