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Tech Talk
Volume 1 - Issue 6
News...
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month (CSAM)
Since 2004, the President of the United States and Congress have declared October to be Cybersecurity Awareness Month (CSAM), helping individuals protect themselves online as threats to technology and confidential data become more commonplace.
Just last month, Uber suffered a catastrophic breach through simple social engineering. Read more about it here: https://blog.knowbe4.com/uber-security-breach-looks-bad-caused-by-social-engineering
Don't let this happen to you. Hover over links in your email, verify who sent you the email, don't send $2k worth of gift cards to a recently departed relative you didn't know existed.
During October, let's be aware of what the bad guys are up to and always remember to "Think before you click!"
Updates & Upgrades
Chrome was again updated on your desktops to patch some issues.
Additionally, our Firewall underwent a significant update to further protect our district from attackers.
In the next few weeks, look toward your desktops also having a smaller Windows update once I have finished testing.
As always, if you have any questions, let me know.
Untools
Benefit from a collection of thinking tools and frameworks.
Categories include:
- Systems thinking
- Decision making
- Problem solving
- Communication
Did you know?
You can create new Google Docs/Sheets/etc from a Template?
When clicking on the New button to create a new Google Apps file, notice the tiny triangle. Click on this to choose “From a template.”
Search by Color in Google Keep
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