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
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
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
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
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
The Federal Trade Commission warns about increase in Gift Card Scams + Simulated Phish email
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) warns about increase in Gift Card Scams. According to the FTC gift cards are the #1 payment method for impostor scams. In the gift card scam, the scammer plays into your emotions by impersonating someone else and urgently asking or sometimes demanding you to buy gift cards. According to the
International Data Privacy Day 2020
Data Privacy Day is an international effort held annually on Jan. 28 to create awareness about the importance of respecting privacy, safeguarding data and enabling trust. Data Privacy Day spotlights the value of information and how to “Own Your Privacy”. Privacy and protecting personal information is important to Chapman University. One thing we encourage everyone