Spring is here! In the tradition of spring cleaning, GHC ITS would like to encourage everyone to take a few minutes each week for the next few weeks to perform a digital spring cleaning on personal computers, smartphones, and online accounts. The National Cyber Security Alliance has a fantastic checklist to guide you through this process. […]

The FBI has released a new warning about a dramatic increase in CEO email scams in which attackers pretending to be an organization’s president or CEO ask for an urgent transfer of funds or invoice payment. Carefully examine and verify by phone (or in person) any unexpected request you receive asking for a transfer of funds or payment on behalf […]

Several employees have notified ITS about suspicious email requesting payment for invoices, some of which appear to have been sent from other employees. These messages are examples of targeted (spear) phishing scams. Attacks of this nature are becoming increasingly common and highly destructive because they often employ malicious software to encrypt a victim’s data and […]

GHC’s updated password protection standard is now in effect for employee network (email) accounts. Passwords must be a minimum of 12 characters, have complexity requirements (upper case, lower case, number, and/or symbol), and can no longer be set to a previous password. Please visit http://www.highlands.edu/site/is-policies for more information.