Information Technology Services Blog

As a part of the ongoing effort to improve the College’s data security, and as mentioned in my previous email, we are deploying patch management software (Lumension) this week to all College workstations and laptops. The process is automated and will require no action on your part.

Windows users can expect a new icon in their task tray. Mac users will not see any visible changes once the software is deployed, but may experience a firewall popup during the deployment which you should allow.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask myself or the helpdesk at extension 3548.

On Guard Online is a great resource, created by the FTC and several other government agencies, for learning about how to keep yourself safe on the Internet. They have a particularly good page about phishing with examples and games, as well as videos. Below are a few of their videos.