Many Buckeyes have been completing cybersecurity training for the past several years. Starting on Monday, October 28, you can make choices about what you learn and how you learn it. This fall Ohio State is offering something new and different: the Cybersecurity 4 You (C4U) awareness platform. You can use the platform to fulfill your cybersecurity awareness training obligations with the university, but that is not the primary purpose of platform. Instead, we’ve designed it to deliver cybersecurity awareness on topics that help you beyond your role here on campus.
Next month, Chief Information Security Officer Helen Patton will be part of a professional panel of women in technology at the Illuminate 2019! Event on Wednesday, Oct. 9 from 5-9 p.m. The free event is open to any adult or teen interested in networking within the Columbus technology community.
It’s time to register and gear up for one of the biggest cybersecurity learning opportunities of the year – Cybersecurity Days. Enterprise Security will be hosting the event at The Ohio Union this October, with three days packed full of content, and something for everyone!...
Cybercriminals know that your thoughts are turning to fall semester, including how you’ll pay your expenses. They’ve launched a phishing campaign that promises a job and easy money to those who click through or reply – but actually dupes you into giving criminals money, your personal information...
Over the last few weeks, an email entitled, "The Ohio State University (JOB REFERRAL): Employment Opportunity!" was reported to Report Phish by Ohio State users more than 1800 times! As spammers and phishers get more sophisticated it becomes more difficult to block them all, but we have some...
OCIO released a new mobile email solution, Outlook Mobile for iOS and Android, on Friday, June 21. This mobile application provides security protections, while smoothly integrating with Microsoft Office 365 applications.
Why Outlook Mobile? We adopted Outlook Mobile as our mobile...
What’s even harder for students than getting their homework done? Finding a job. Lately, an online trend has been brewing and unfortunately has affected Ohio State students. According to Fisher College’s Office of Career Management, employers are offering students jobs online and scamming them...
Cybersecurity is a major focus at Ohio State. Not only do external regulators require us to manage our health, financial, student and research data securely, but our students and partners also expect an exceptional level of data security from Ohio State.
It’s tax time again. Millions of Americans are filing for returns and making plans for how to use the money. Attackers have other ideas for that tax return.
TurboTax promotes itself as the number one, best-selling tax preparation software. No doubt they hold credentials belonging to millions of Americans who have used them for their taxes. Now, officials report an attacker obtained tax return data through a credential stuffing hack on their platform.
There’s a new phishing scheme targeting Ohio State employees . Here’s what to look for:
You receive a message that looks like it is from someone you know – maybe a manager, dean or executive. The sender asks you to purchase gift cards on his/her behalf because s/he is in meetings and too...
