Tag: Safe Online Shopping

Welcome to March and all that March means to our progress through the semester. This newsletter publishing during Spring Break is no accident. It is aimed squarely at faculty and staff. I want to take the opportunity to reiterate some cybersecurity awareness points I have been trying to make over the past few months. We’re not talking about good passwords or password managers or phishing (well, maybe a little about phishing). While all of those topics are important, I want to focus two other very important topics: improper uses of your Berry College email account and the safe use of your Berry purchasing cards, or P-cards. Recent activity exposed by our cybersecurity systems show alarming practices that need to stop as soon as possible.

If you’re like me, February went by quickly. Welcome to March! We’re advancing through the semester at a rapid pace and graduation will be here before we all know it. Before that happens, there are a couple of other milestones we will achieve. One of those is Spring Break, happening next week, and the other one I’d like to discuss is April 18th, or Tax Day (at least for 2023). One or both of these dates affect almost anyone reading this newsletter, so allow me a few minutes to remind you of some things to remember.

Welcome to February, the month of Valentine’s Day, Black History Month, World Cancer Day, Abraham Lincoln’s birthday, World Day of Social Justice, and many other international, regional, and country-specific days of remembrance and celebration. This year it is also the…

Welcome to March and welcome to the March newsletter! The arrival of March means all kinds of things are happening. Daylight savings time starts on the 8th, spring break follows not far behind that, we celebrate St.Paddy’s day, and spring…

Come by the Information Security table in Krannert between 11:30 and 1:00 PM for information about protecting your privacy, the chance to ask questions and get answers face to face, and to pick up some delicious edible items.

It’s December out there (and inside wherever you are reading this)! December brings with it lots of spending, lots of new gadgets, and lots of fraud! Cyber-criminals are chomping at the bit to steal your money, credentials, and anything else…