2 Step Authentication in Google is a way to increase the security of your data. Basically, 2 step authentication means that you have to provide your password and something else. Normally, that is a code from a device that you have (usually your phone). A code is sent...
Here is an opportunity for all staff members to purchase devices for personal use. Please note that this is being offered for personal use and not for use in the school buildings. We don't directly support any of these, we are just making the information available to...
Why should you care? Security isn't a "fun" topic. It is important though. Recently, over 270 million email accounts were compromised. These accounts include Mail.ru, Google, Yahoo and Microsoft. Essentially, all of the email credentials were stolen. Why should you...
RESA has scheduled maintenance on their network coming up this Sunday. Potential service outages can last from 8AM to 4PM. School districts are asked to avoid scheduling activities on that date that require Internet connectivity.
Since we rolled out email for students, we are aware that there has been some confusion over the names. We have several instances of students and staff with the same name. In order to help clear up some of the confusion, we are implementing pre-appending Student: to...
Phishing is a very real problem. Phishing is an attempt to get an email user to either install malware (software that can take over your computer), or to gather information that can be used for nefarious reasons. This can include having a user enter information into a...
Phishing is nothing new. Recently, we've had a successful phishing attack. I posted some tips from Eastern Michigan University back in 2012 which are still relevant. https://technology.dearbornschools.org/2012/11/08/phishing/ Once an attacker is successful, it becomes...
As many teachers and others are aware, we take copyright seriously. More and more teachers are using video resources in class. Many teachers have a personal Netflix account. The issue is in using that personal account in the classroom. Using Netflix in this way...
Pretty much, no one loves passwords. They are, however, a necessity of our current life. The passwords that we use need to be "good" passwords. Below are a few tips: Never tell your password to anyone (this includes the HelpDesk and techs) Create a password using a...
Interesting "bug" Did you know that if you share a file privately with a known collaborator and they open the file twice, it may appear as if an external anonymous user is accessing the file? When we found this strange behaviour, we reported it to Google and got...