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Important Information!

Hackers are just waiting to use stressful situations and fear to con people into giving personal information. Nothing like the holidays and a global pandemic to bring about stress and fear in the usually calmest of people.

Be cautious of emails that may look like a known retail business. Don't click the links. If it looks like it came from ZYX, just type in ZYX's web address and you can find the deals on their legitimate site. 

Continue to be cautious of emails and links giving you information about COVID-19. Many links and sites are actually scams utilized to scare users into giving information. Particularly avoid emails that seemingly come from the World Health Organization (WHO) and any link to maps showing COVID-19 cases. When in doubt, even the least bit of doubt, please delete the email.

Also, beware of emails and calls from someone claiming to be a vendor. These kinds of emails and calls have been seemingly coming out of the woodworks the past few months. If you haven't contacted a vendor or asked for the information online, please delete the email. If you have never heard of the vendor or, heaven forbid, the vendor misspells​ the very issue they are begging to contact you about, please delete the email. And please do not accept gifts from vendors because of policy and because you just don't know what you are getting. Even if you need a new USB thumb drive, do not accept one from a vendor, valid or not.

Please refer to these documents as we remain secure while facing some pretty hectic events:

  • BBB Scam Alert - Zoom Invites​

  • Working Securely From Home

  • Securely Returning to Work​

  • Compromised NetID​

  • Cyber Blackmail

  • Spear Phishing Information​

Don't hesitate to contact me at sandy@tennessee.edu if you have concerns or questions!

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Security Awareness

  • Don't Click; Don't Connect; Don't Reply
    How many of us go to conferences or events and then get inundated with emails from vendors we met while at these conferences?
  • IT Security Policy Updates
    As promised, I am trying to keep everyone informed of policy updates, so this month I would like to talk about two of those policies.
  • Updating NetReg
    A while back, I told everyone about UTIA IT0304P - Network Registration Procedures​. The procedures are for properly registering your Institute-owned IT assets so the Network Registration (NetReg) database would have the assets’ correct information.
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Sandy Lindsey
Chief Information Security Officer
Information Technology Services
The University of Tennessee, Institute of Agriculture

Link to UtIAsecure Facebook Page

G061 McCord Hall
2640 Morgan Circle Drive
Knoxville, Tennessee, 37996​
Phone:(865) 974-7292
Mobile:(865) 806-5224
sandy@tennessee.edu | UTIAsecurity@tennessee.edu 

 



 
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