[Faculty and Staff] As of this morning, only 450 office computers have been successfully migrated from Kaspersky to our new enterprise solution for antivirus protection, SentinelOne. Our Operating Systems Team will continue to push SentinelOne to remaining computers over the next few nights, but will only do so to computers that are connected to the…Continue Reading New Campus Antivirus Solution: Installation Reminders
Data Loss Prevention
What is Data Loss Prevention? Information Technology continues to actively prevent the loss of sensitive data (such as credit card and social security numbers) when you use College systems, networks and hardware in accordance with the Privacy and Data Loss Prevention policies. Data Loss Prevention (DLP) tactics deploy security controls to detect and prevent the unauthorized…Continue Reading Data Loss Prevention
Heartbleed Bug Status at the College of Charleston
What is the Heartbleed Bug? On Monday April 7, 2014, security researchers discovered a flaw in one of the tools used to secure internet traffic. That tool, called OpenSSL, is responsible for providing security on the Internet. This vulnerability, named the Heartbleed bug, could allow attackers to steal usernames, passwords and other protected information from…Continue Reading Heartbleed Bug Status at the College of Charleston
Don’t fall for the phish trick
The Oxford English Dictionary defines phishing as “Fraud perpetrated on the Internet; spec. the impersonation of reputable companies in order to induce individuals to reveal personal information, such as passwords and credit card numbers, online.” Everyday thousands of email messages are sent to and from the College of Charleston. Unfortunately some of these messages are…Continue Reading Don’t fall for the phish trick
October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month
October 2011 marks the eighth annual National Cyber Security Awareness Month sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security in cooperation with the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC). The College of Charleston community is encouraged to learn more about cyber security and how to stay safe online…Continue Reading October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month