The Importance of Data Deletion Digital data can accumulate like junk in your basement. The spring season is the time of year for you to clean out that basement, so you might as well sweep

You’ve Been Hacked!If you haven’t heard those words before, you’re one of the smart …or maybe just lucky ones! It’shardly news the security of personal and organizational data is challenged daily and oftensuccessfully. This only

The threat of email phishing is not going away any time soon, and as attacks become more advanced in the education environment, so should our defense against them. This is not just about sophistication, complexity

Welcome to fall 2020. At the time of this writing we are seven months into the COVID-19 crisis, and the environment for work and education has shifted dramatically. This comes with an increased risk of

The Attack Marcus Hutchins, a computer security researcher from the UK, was just 22 years old when he discovered the kill-switch for WannaCry, a malware infection that quickly took over the globe. When it hit

Connecticut College now requires multi-factor authentication from all faculty and staff when logging into college services from off campus. This means that in addition to entering your password, you must also have a second factor

  Following the implementation of Multifactor Authentication (MFA), along with recent security trends regarding password policy, Connecticut College has made a few changes to the requirements for our users: Passwords now have a 12-character minimum

The Information Security Team at Connecticut College wishes to remind all of our users to be cautious in opening and responding to emails. Phishing, a practice involving email communication inducing individuals to reveal personal or

Imagine a remote smartphone takeover that can happen with neither party being connected to the internet. Blueborne, a Bluetooth vulnerability revealed by security firm Armis Labs, makes that possible. It is an attack vector that