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NEW ITS FIREWALL POLICY REQUEST FORM
Information Technology Services (ITS) has released a new Firewall Policy Request form on the 6-TECH Online Service Portal. Use this form to initiate the firewall-policy review, execution, and tracking processes. To access the form, go to the 6-TECH Online Service Portal, and click GET IT. Then, select Service and Support and, finally, Firewall Policy Request. [Read More]
ROMANCE SCAMS
Ah, romance! It’s Valentine’s season and love is in the air. Flowers, sweet treats, and fancy dinners abound, so do online would-be Romeos and Juliets. The promise of love can make you do crazy things like sending money or inappropriate videos and photos to an online sweetheart that you’ve never met in person. Online lovers [Read More]
Tis the Season…for Scams!
Shop with care this holiday season! The cyber security firm Checkpoint reports a 178% increase in fake shopping sites that can steal your personal information and drain your bank account. According to the Better Business Bureau, online buying scams now make up more than a third of all reported scams. How can you shop safely? [Read More]
The State of North Carolina Commemorates Electronic Records Day
Monday, October 11, 2021, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Join Rod Parrish from the North Carolina Department of Information Technology (NCDIT), Digital Archivist Jamie Patrick-Burns, and Records Management Analyst Josh Hager for an online presentation that will cover: the technical challenges of Microsoft 365; navigating the differences in records retention in OneDrive and SharePoint; [Read More]
Multi-Factor Authentication—Use it everywhere.
Multi-factor authentication (MFA) has long been considered a best-practice for security, but now it is effectively a prerequisite, minimal practice for digital security. The Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack interrupted summer for a lot of us. The attack began when a hacker got the password to a Colonial pipeline network account. Once the hacker got in, [Read More]
Technology Training
- Instructional Support Drop-in Session March 30, 2023
- Basics 1: Cloud Storage with OneDrive & Teams April 4, 2023
- Basics 2: Getting Started with Teams Meetings April 4, 2023
- Research Computing Facilitation Office Hour April 5, 2023