Securing information and information systems is an important responsibility of the University System of Georgia (USG) and all USG institutions. In order to ensure that we are doing our part to protect our student’s data, GHC will require the use of Duo Security for all employee computers beginning on August 2nd, 2022. Please make sure […]

The Division of Information Technology will be installing routine security updates to our servers and network infrastructure from 1:00am until 7:00am on Friday, July 1st. Systems that cannot be safely updated through this automated process will be manually updated by IT personnel during staff hours. Users working on documents stored on the “P-Drive” should ensure they save their work and close […]

Lincoln College President David Gerlach recently announced that the 157 year old institution will be closing its doors due to enrollment stresses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and a major ransomware attack that occurred during a critical enrollment period in December 2021. Clearly colleges, many cash strapped like Lincoln, aren’t goldmines. So why are cyber […]

The Division of Information Technology will be installing routine security updates to our servers and network infrastructure from 1:00am until 7:00am on Friday, April 29th. Systems that cannot be safely updated through this automated process will be manually updated by IT personnel during staff hours. Users working on documents stored on the “P-Drive” should ensure they save their work and close […]

GHC’s Spring 2022 Cybersecurity Awareness Training campaign is live! Please visit https://training.knowbe4.com, sign on with your GHC single sign-on credentials, and complete the following training courses: PII and You Phishing Fundamentals This cybersecurity training is part of the University System of Georgia’s mandatory security awareness training program for all USG institutions and should require only about […]

The Division of Information Technology will be installing routine security updates to our servers and network infrastructure from 1:00am until 7:00am on Friday, March 25th. Systems that cannot be safely updated through this automated process will be manually updated by IT personnel during staff hours. Users working on documents stored on the “P-Drive” should ensure they save their work and close […]

Did you notice this suspicious message in your inbox this week? You did? Great work keeping Georgia Highlands College safe by reported it with the Phish Alert button! Simply deleting suspicious messages is always acceptable too, of course. Unfortunately, about 11% of GHC employees fell victim and clicked on the link. This underscores why phishing […]

The following IT Policies have been updated and approved by President’s Cabinet: IT.PO.240 – Data Classification and Security This policy defines the classification and security requirements of data that Georgia Highlands College protects from unauthorized access and/or unintentional disclosure. Data covered by this policy includes, but is not limited to, information that is either stored […]

With recent events in the news, we know you have questions and concerns.  One of those may be about cybersecurity. Am I, or is GHC, more likely to come under attack? Am I at greater risk? We don’t have all the answers, nor do we know what will happen next. But we do know from […]