Student Email Issue Students with "@mail.chapman.edu" accounts not receiving emails.
Starting on May 22, we experienced a problem with our Google email system, which affected roughly 60 users. The affected users (@mail.chapman.edu) did not receive from (@chapman.edu) users, but other emails were unaffected. We apologize for the inconvenience that this has caused. For questions, concerns, or to report an issue with accessing your student account,
Zoom 5.0 Upgrade Coming May 31
On May 31st, ZOOM will be upgrading their online meeting platform software to the lates 5.0 version. Zoom 5.0 will offer its users a number of enhancements that will increase their control when hosting meetings and tools to help further prevent unauthorized users from accessing meetings (Zoom Bombing). A list of the new enhancements can
New Features for Microsoft Teams
On Tuesday, May 12th, Microsoft enabled Chapman University for up to 9 simultaneous video streams during Teams meetings. Additionally, non-video participants will always appear in the “Stage” at the bottom of the view, ensuring that screen is exclusively occupied by video. They also have promised additional expansion of the number of video streams shown at
Chronicle of Higher Education – Potential Security Issue Compromised user accounts are being sold on the Dark Web
This is an important notice from the Chapman University Office of Information Security. We have been notified that the Dark Web is being flooded by data for sale due to recent third-party site data breaches (see “Hacker group floods dark web with data stolen from 11 companies“). One of the sites listed among those who’s
Covid-19 and your password
For the past twenty years, the concept of “Security” has been slowly moving to incorporate digital goods and valuables. Thieves no longer need to break locks and glide down from a ceiling to steal what is ours. Theft went virtual. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important – more than ever – to
Concur Detect Coming May 11th New tool to integrate with Concur Expenses
Chapman will start using Concur Detect to help evaluate our expense reports. Detect uses machine-learning technology to check for errors and compliance issues. This new tool will reduce the manual review process done by Accounts Payable and will, therefore, improve overall reimbursement time. Expense reports will first route to Detect to be reviewed by Accounts
Staying Safe Online during the pandemic
Dear Chapman Students, Faculty and Staff, We would like to commend all of you for how you have been able to support the University and each other during these unprecedented times. Due to social distancing and shelter-in-place recommendations, we all have increased our online activity both on the personal and professional levels. Cybercriminals are capitalizing
COVID-19 Scams on the rise
The Office of Information Security is receiving notifications about new scams and phishing emails that use the Coronavirus pandemic as an “attention-grabber”. Some of the most recent scams and hacks: The ‘Emergency – COVID-19 Informator’ or ‘COVID-19 Inform App’. For this scam, the attackers compromise home routers with weak admin passwords and change the
Coronavirus Map Email Scam New email scam that will infect your computer with malware.
IS&T has received several notifications today about the existence of a website (corona-virus-map[.]com) that promises up to date information about the COVID-19 corona virus, but whose real purpose is to infect visitors’ computers with malware. This particular site stole an image from the John Hopkins interactive map and will only compromise unpatched Windows systems. However,
Microsoft Teams Replacing Skype for Business Microsoft set to retire Skype for Business.
You may have already heard the news – Skype for Business is being retired by Microsoft. Their new tool, Microsoft Teams, has been built from the ground up and provides a significantly improved experience for chat, meetings, and collaboration. As an existing Skype for Business user, we’d like you to try using Microsoft Teams for