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October is here! The weather is changing, classes are almost half-completed, Mountain Day is coming fast, and it is Cybersecurity Awareness Month! It’s that time of year to take a few minutes to examine our behaviors and awareness level, complete some training, go on a digital scavenger hunt, and maybe win some prizes! In addition to three more articles covering cybersecurity awareness topics this month, there is yet another scavenger hunt, open to students, faculty, and staff, where you will dive into topics related or adjacent to cybersecurity, solve the clues, and maybe end up with a Sony Bluetooth speaker or some other cool gizmo.
We’re fully underway for the Fall 2025 semester. Classes are in full swing, sports are active, and dangerous emails continue to fill our Inboxes. All of the usual cybersecurity threats are still out there, only now they are augmented by generative artificial intelligence (genAI). Of all things to improve the ability of cyber-attackers to be more successful, genAI has moved the needle the most. Now, instead of simple emails claiming you owe money for a Geek Squad subscription, you might receive an entire email thread generated solely to convince you to hand over your money or account credentials.
Welcome to a brand new year here at Berry College! I know everyone has a lot on their plates right now, so this newsletter will be to the point, but I have a lot of things to share with you. Speaking of things to share, this newsletter is a monthly production of the Office of Information Security, which is part of the Office of Information Technology (OIT)
Well, this has never happened before. This is the fifth year we’ve had a virtual scavenger hunt for Cybersecurity Awareness Month, but the first year that NO ONE completed it. I’m positive there are a myriad number of factors contributing to this outcome.
No Cybersecurity Awareness Month would be complete without a discussion of phishing emails. Everyone needs to know how to spot these attacks and what to do with them once you suspect an email of being “phishy”. The task of spotting…
Welcome to week three of Cybersecurity Awareness Month for 2024. I hope everyone is progressing through the Virtual Scavenger Hunt. If you are not, then click the “Start Hunting!” button on the banner at the top right of this website…
We’ve talked about multifactor authentication a lot on this website. It gets mentioned every month in the newsletter wrap-up. We’ve discussed many different ways that multifactor or 2nd factor authentication can work. Last year for Cybersecurity Awareness Month, we turned…