DO double check each email prior to sending it to ensure no unintended email address are added in any recipient fields (e.g., “TO”, “CC”, “BCC”, etc.) and that no highly restricted data is attached.
DO NOT reply to emails or pop-up messages that ask for personal or financial information. No one at the College should ever ask you to submit personal information or credentials via return email or by clicking on a link.
DO look closely at links embedded in an email by hovering your mouse/pointer over it and cut and paste a link from the email into your web browser. Scammers can make links look as though they go to a safe site but will send you to a harmful website.
DO reporting potential phishing emails, or any suspicious email, to the service desk team. Please use the built-in feature in Outlook (desktop or web app) for reporting phishing emails.
How to Report Phishing / Suspicious Email in Outlook
DO NOT click on links in an email message or open file attachments from an unsolicited email.
DO confirm the source by contracting the sender before opening email attachments.
DO NOT leave your workstation unattended.
DO use anti-malware / anti-virus software and update it frequently to keep malicious programs off your computer.
DO follow best practices to protecting your information while using Wi-Fi.
Protecting Your Information While using WIFI
DO run the most up-to-date versions of your web browser, browser plug-ins (e.g., Adobe Flash, Java), email software, and other programs.
DO NOT download programs, documents, applets, and/or images from unreliable and unknown sources; your download may contain malicious software.
DO use a strong password that is difficult to guess, consisting of eight (8) or more characters, including lower case and upper-case letters, numbers, and special characters. Longer passwords, or pass phrases are in general more secure than shorter passwords.
Best Practices for Creating Passwords
DO use different passwords for your different online websites. Using the same password for all your online websites will put you at risk of an account compromise.