Author: Dan Boyd

Director of Information Security with the Office of Information Technology at Berry College

May News from Information Security

Welcome to May! This is a very busy time of year. As a class exits the college, many staff and faculty are concerning themselves with the new class coming in August. Others are preparing for summer projects and events. In…

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Validating Zoom videoconferencing invitations

Berry College is rolling out a limited deployment of Zoom videoconferencing. New users will receive an email that, unfortunately, is very similar to recent phishing emails we have received. You can verify the Zoom invitation as valid if it has…

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April News from Information Security

The topic for April is about other types of scams used to try and manipulate people in addition to typical phishing emails. Cybercriminals use social engineering—manipulating people into doing what they want—as the most common way to steal information and…

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Emails claiming your Office 365 account is about to be deleted are fraudulent

Emails claiming “your Office 365 account is about to be deleted” are fraudulent. They immediately ask you to pay your invoice and of course, the college provides these accounts to you out of the college budget. You are not expected…

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Request to complete the NSSE survey is valid

A group of students received an email with the subject “Can you please help Berry College?”. This email is from Institutional Research and is an attempt to solicit feedback from students on their engagement here at Berry. This is a…

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March News from Information Security

March is here! Spring Break can’t be far away. This month we are focusing on protecting your rights as a consumer. We are all consumers at some point and we should take proactive steps to make sure we are making…

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Why Do I Need a Password Manager?

How many sites and services do you log into on a regular basis? Take a moment to think about everywhere you put in a username (usually your email address, but not always) and a password. At work, on social media…

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