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Secure your accounts: Strong passwords + a password manager
Create strong, memorable passwords by using lengthy and complex passphrases. Passwords should be: Long – Ensure every password is a minimum of 14 characters long. Unique – Never reuse passwords across different accounts. That way if one account is compromised, the others remain secure. Complex – Create each unique password using a mix of uppercase [Read More]
Welcome to Cybersecurity Awareness Month
October is here, and you know what that means – it’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month! 🌐🔒 UNCG Information Technology Services (ITS) joins the National Cybersecurity Alliance and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) to boost campus cyber awareness. ITS will share vital tips to help safeguard your identity, finances, and devices. Stay tuned for ways to protect [Read More]
Microsoft and UNCG to Require Microsoft Authenticator Registration
Over the next week, Microsoft will require the registration of the Microsoft Authenticator App for authentication to all UNCG services. If you have not already done so, download and register the Microsoft Authenticator with your UNCG accounts as soon as possible so that your services are not disrupted. Once Microsoft makes this change, users who do not [Read More]
Antivirus for macOS Apple Silicon to move from Jamf Protect to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint | Wednesday, August 30
On Wednesday, August 30, 2023, macOS antivirus on UNCG-managed Apple Silicon devices will move from Jamf Protect to Microsoft Defender for Enpoint on Mac. Intel-based Macs will be unaffected; they have been protected by Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on Mac since the initial release of Jamf at UNCG. Jamf allows Information Technology Services (ITS) to [Read More]
Phishing Campaign Targeting UNCG Students
A malicious phishing campaign that is targeting UNCG students is currently underway. Remember the following, the ITS Service Desk (6-TECH) will never call and ask for your password will never call and ask for your MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication) code That information is yours and you must keep that information private! The current phishing campaigns: threaten to [Read More]
Technology Training
- Teams: Make Meetings Better at UNCG April 25, 2024
- Finding Efficiencies in Outlook April 29, 2024
- Research Computing Facilitation Office Hour May 1, 2024