Fireworks and Online Safety
The CAL FIRE’s office offers safety tips for using fireworks over the long weekend. We at Chapman University’s office of Information Security would also like to offer some safety tips for online safety. Just like increased firework activity, phishers will be active over the long holiday weekend and will try to get you to click on their
Exchange.chapman.edu Is Getting a Makeover
Big News Everyone, On June 10th, 2016, the exchange.chapman.edu login portal will be getting a new cosmetic makeover. The login page will reflect the Chapman (cardinal) red color along with the Chapman logo. It is important to know that this is a cosmetic change only and will have no impact to your email access or interface. This change
Passphrases and the top 20 commonly used passwords on LinkedIn
Back in 2012 LinkedIn suffered a breach wherein 6.5 million passwords were exposed. LinkedIn responded by forcing a password reset on all 6.5 million impacted accounts. This week reports have surfaced about an additional dataset of email and hashed passwords of more than 100 million LinkedIn members (please copy and paste https://blog.linkedin.com/2016/05/18/protecting-our-members). This additional dataset
Laptops to Go
How many of you have ever run into a situation where you needed a computer for an important project and did not have access to one? Well IS&T and Student Engagement partnered together and came up with a vision, and that was “Laptop to Go”. In April 2016, that vision became a reality as the
Phishing Alert! Scammers Are Hard at Work During Times of Mourning
Dear Chapman Community As many of you are already aware, on April 21, 2016 the world was saddened by the news of music legend Prince’s (Prince Rogers Nelson) sudden death. Millions of fans have been gathering in many locations around the world to remember Prince and his life. Prince was an inspiration to many and
Friendly Tax Season Reminder
Dear Chapman University Community As we approach the end of tax season our new Information Security Officer, George Viegas, would like to take a moment to offer some tips to help you avoid scammers and their tricks. Please take a moment to read his statement below: The Internal Revenue Service issued a warning yesterday that
Rave Mobile Safety
On March 24th, Chapman University’s Department of Public Safety has announced that they have partnered up with a new emergency alert vendor, Rave Mobile Safety in an effort to continue providing and maintaining top quality safety standards for the entire campus community. Under the direction of Public Safety, this new Panther Alert System will send
The New Qualtrics Insight Platform Is Here
“Hear Ye! Hear Ye!” There’s new Qualtrics Insight Platform in town! In an effort to make online data collection more streamlined, Qualtrics has implemented a new Insight Platform design to their software. Qualtrics is one of the most widely used research online software platforms around the world. For over a year now, Chapman University has
Chapman Partners With Modo Labs For University Mobile App
Chapman University IS&T recently announced that they have partnered with Modo Labs to provide the technology framework for Chapman University’s official mobile app. By selecting Modo Labs as our mobile app framework, Chapman is joining some of the most recognizable names in American universities including Harvard, Princeton, Notre Dame, and NYU who are already using the Modo
Tax Season Brings Increased Phishing Attempts
A famous quote once said that only two things in life were certain: death and taxes. However, in this modern era we may need to consider adding tax season related phishing attempts to that list. Phishing attempts during tax season are a serious threat to data security. In fact, the threat is so serious that