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Mac OS X Security Software

Single-Sign On == Fewer Passwords

Forrest Beck October 1, 2023

One of the things I take pride in with my job is making sure you only need to remember one username and password. Consider all…

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General Information Network Security

Updated Authentication for Google and Veracross

Forrest Beck June 28, 2022

You will now have a more seamless login experience by logging in to Veracross and Google through your Azure/Office365 login. This will give you the…

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Mac OS X Security

Goodbye Sophos, Hello Protect

Forrest Beck December 10, 2021

Since the latest update of Monterey and the introduction of Apple’s new Silicon architecture, we have been struggling with Sophos. We began using Sophos in…

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Email Security

How Do I Know If I’m Being Phished?

Trevor Hoyt November 15, 2021

We have noticed a recent uptick in the number of email phishing attempts reported to us in the OIT office. In particular, we are seeing…

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Email Security

Mail Now Marked as [EXTERNAL]

Forrest Beck July 13, 2019

How many of you have seen an email like this one come through your inbox? It is easy to respond quickly without considering who the…

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Backup Security

Encrypted Time Machine Drives

Forrest Beck May 2, 2019

As a part of our ongoing work to enhancing security, we now have an updated process for Time Machine Drives. Starting today, all newly setup…

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Security

Screen Lock Now Required on MacBooks

Forrest Beck February 3, 2019

As a continuation of ramping up security, today we are announcing that the screen lock for all computers will now be required. What does this…

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Mac OS X Security

New Login Screen for Mojave MacBooks

Forrest Beck January 30, 2019

Today we will be releasing a new login screen for MacBooks running Mojave.  Anyone that has Mojave will see the login screen shown above at…

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Cloud Services (SaaS) Security

Multi-Factor Authentication

Forrest Beck January 4, 2019

We saw many cybersecurity breaches during 2018. Some of them involved big companies in various sectors from health care to social media. In addition, hacking…

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Security Software

Sophos Endpoint Protection is Coming Soon

Forrest Beck November 20, 2018

Over the last few months we have noticed a growing number of risky applications installed on our Macbooks.  Most of these security risks are in…

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