Wouldn’t it be nice if your accounts could let you know when someone new is trying to get into them? Even better, wouldn’t it be terrific to make a stolen password useless? Rest easy, your account is safe! That’s essentially the control that two-factor authentication (2FA) gives to you. And, it only takes about two […]

Cybercriminals use types of social engineering—manipulating people into doing what they want—as the most common way to steal information and money. Social engineering is at the heart of all types of phishing attacks—those conducted via email, SMS, and phone calls. Technology makes these sorts of attacks easy and very low risk for the attacker. Make […]

The following updated IT policies and their associated standards have been reviewed and approved by Cabinet: IT Electronic Data Disposal Policy – https://georgiahighlands2.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/ITS/ESmXprwuRHVMq0-gp5bO-8kBOXE0IatWCbXxx9rSx8XYaw IT Electronic Data Disposal Standard – https://georgiahighlands2.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/ITS/EeJqINIH5lBHqkd81WkPzjEBuQsCNpqw4V6slTWMJXlkRg IT Encryption Policy – https://georgiahighlands2.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/ITS/EZ-tzrq-PhdOq9N7Gqj_LGsBs81OkTz_0irom_4qf10beQ IT Encryption Standard – https://georgiahighlands2.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/ITS/EYN1HrEsa_xGiuMi6ozhNmYBsLHxqTYSzxFZFmEEnLeYgQ IT Password Protection Policy – https://georgiahighlands2.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/ITS/ESlbUNJkufNGm7eST5GP7DsBwxcTr3h3sahx99mjcHISrA IT Password Protection Standard – https://georgiahighlands2.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/ITS/EWghQd08O_9BrHYpBuSWf-QBG2k6TKsWq38HoZP735G6nw IT Risk Management […]

Identity theft has become a fact of life during the past decade. If you are reading this, it is a safe bet that your data has been breached in at least one incident. Does that mean we are all helpless? Thankfully, no. There is a lot we can do to protect ourselves from identity theft […]

Email Forwarding Email that employees send and receive is subject to the Georgia Open Records Act. Utilizing a third-party (personal) email account for work purposes puts an employee at risk by making his/her personal account subject to open records requests by members of the public, regardless of their legal merit. This activity also puts the […]

Information Security and Network Services has updated our email filters in order to help protect Georgia Highlands College employees from phishing messages and scams. Messages sent from outside our employee email environment- including ones sent by students- will be tagged with the following notice: CAUTION: This message originated from outside the Georgia Highlands College employee email […]

Without a doubt, the Internet of Things makes our lives easier and has many benefits; but we can only reap these benefits if our Internet-enabled devices are secure and trusted. Here are some tips from the STOP. THINK. CONNECT. campaign and National Cyber Security Alliance to increase the security of your Internet-enabled devices: Keep a clean machine. Like your smartphone […]

Your employee email & calendar are always accessible from outlook.office.com using any device. Information Technology will be performing an important security update, as approved in the November Cabinet meeting, to the GHC employee email system at 9:00am on Wednesday, November 14th, 2018.  This update may cause connectivity issues with older versions of the Microsoft Outlook application on […]

Your employee email & calendar are always accessible from outlook.office.com using any device. Information Technology will be performing an important security update, as approved in the November Cabinet meeting, to the GHC employee email system at 9:00am on Wednesday, November 14th, 2018.  This update may cause connectivity issues with older versions of the Microsoft Outlook application on […]

The holiday season is the perfect time for cybercriminals to take advantage of unsuspecting online shoppers. When you go to the grocery store or local shop, it’s habit to grab your reusable bags, lock the car, and make sure you’ve safely put away your credit card or cash before heading home with the day’s purchases. […]