Did you notice this suspicious message in your inbox last week?   You did? Great work keeping Georgia Highlands College safe by reported it to the Division of Information Technology with the Phish Alert button! Simply deleting suspicious messages is always acceptable too, of course. Unfortunately, quite a few employees fell victim and either clicked […]

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, January 28th. Systems that cannot be safely updated through this automated process will be manually updated by IT personnel during staff hours. The Banner Student Information System will also be down for maintenance. Users working on documents stored […]

You may notice a new KnowBe4 Phish Alert button in your inbox today. You can use this button to report any suspicious or potentially dangerous emails. If you get a suspicious email, click the Phish Alert button and the email will be deleted from your inbox and forwarded to our IT team for analysis. See […]

A new security vulnerability named ‘Log4Shell’ was disclosed late last week and is already being exploited by attackers across the Internet due to its severity and relatively ease of exploitation. This vulnerability affects a component of Apache web server software that is widely used for enterprise web systems or systems that rely on web interfaces. […]

Did you know? University System of Georgia policy requires GHC to maintain a comprehensive and up-to-date inventory of all state-owned workstations, laptops, and other computing devices. Please help us verify and update your computer equipment records by visiting our online IT endpoint inventory form. Even if you haven’t been issued new equipment or moved offices […]

The top 2020 most commonly used (and stolen) passwords last year were laughably insecure. Is your password on the list? If so, change it immediately. Once you’ve come up with a strong, memorable password it’s tempting to reuse it—don’t! Reusing a password, even a strong one, endangers your accounts just as much as using a weak […]