Security – Durham Academy Office of Information Technology

Single-Sign On == Fewer Passwords

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…

Updated Authentication for Google and Veracross

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…

Goodbye Sophos, Hello Protect

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…

How Do I Know If I’m Being Phished?

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…

Mail Now Marked as [EXTERNAL]

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…

Encrypted Time Machine Drives

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…

New Login Screen for Mojave MacBooks

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…

Multi-Factor Authentication

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…

Sophos Endpoint Protection is Coming Soon

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…