Category Archives: Cyber Security

TOP 10 things to consider when using a new service or online tool.

Posted on 02/26/2024 by William Stites

What am I agreeing to?Creating an account = signing a contract. Each time you accept or agree to “terms of service” (ToS), you sign a contract between you/the organization and the service. What information am I sharing?Each time you accept or … Continue reading →

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Using Common Sense Privacy Rating in Your School’s Vetting Process

Posted on 02/18/2024 by William Stites

As the conversations swirl around the application, services, vendor vetting, and AI data concerns (see Nick Marchese recent ATLIS post – AI tools that use data prompts and user data to train models), I am curious about the criteria used in … Continue reading →

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The Low Hang Fruit of CyberSecurity

Posted on 11/02/2020 by William Stites

The threats relating to cybersecurity are real and on the rise amid the COVID crisis. Phishing-related attacks are up over 600%, and users are 3x more likely to click on a COVID-related link and enter their user credentials. Institutions small … Continue reading →

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Another thought on fighting Phishing with a footer.

Posted on 09/20/2019 by William Stites

Recently my school had an audit of our G Suite for Education domain and one of the findings was for a footer/disclaimer/confidentiality statement to be appended to the emails sent from the school. For those of you unfamiliar with what this it, … Continue reading →

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Another day, another PHISHING attempt

Posted on 09/28/2018 by William Stites

It seems like you can’t get through a day without hearing about a new phishing scam out there and today there were actually two that we were hit with. I shared these with the employees at my school along with two … Continue reading →

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Three helpful hints for deploying 2 Factor Authentication

Posted on 09/26/2018 by William Stites

As part of the work that we are doing to address the growing number of cybersecurity concerns at my school we are requiring 2 factor authentication for all employees using our Google accounts. The GSuite of tools are being using … Continue reading →

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Thoughts and musing as I start my 25th year.

Posted on 09/23/2018 by William Stites

How many of you knew that I started at my current, first and only job as a student teacher in 1993? I was a student at Montclair State University and planning on becoming a third grade teacher. I had previously … Continue reading →

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Gone in a FLASH – Dealing with FLASH and your browser.

Posted on 10/13/2017 by William Stites

Adobe’s FLASH is slowly going away and by the end of 2020 will officially be “end of life”. You can’t run FLASH content on any iOS device and with each new browser update FLASH content is getting harder and harder … Continue reading →

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Passwords, phishing and protecting yourself. Tips and lessons.

Posted on 09/03/2014 by William Stites

  [Examples Gallery Update: 9/4/2014] With the recent compromise of a number of celebrities iCloud Photo Streams there is, yet again, more focus on passwords, security and how to protect yourself. In the case of this most recent attack the … Continue reading →

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iTunes Phishing Receipt PSA

Posted on 10/01/2010 by William Stites

Consider this my public service announcement (PSA) for the day. A number of people at my school have been reporting that they are receiving bogus emails in the form of iTunes receipts that would seem to be phishing for information. … Continue reading →

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