If it does get through, it flags the site within the email as potentially malicious. Furthermore, TAP then “learns” the bard URL and prevents future emails from getting past the server and into inboxes at all. It not only tells you that the bad URL was clicked, it tells you how many times it was clicked and how critical the threat is,” says Information Security Analyst, Skiter Freeman. “This new system means we can catch many of these malicious exploits as soon as they are triggered.” NB: the system only protects faculty/staff CCNY email accounts. “Before that, people would call us after their machines had been totally taken over,” says Information Security Officer, Vern Ballard. Some malicious emails still get through but, when they do, TAP is able to spot when someone clicks on a malicious link and sends an alert to our Information Security team who will disable the compromised account within 15 minutes of notification. This feature, which is yet one more reason to confine all your college-related business to the CUNY email system (see page 7 of our Fall 2016 TechTalk newsletter) detects, analyzes and blocks most advanced IT security threats before they can even reach your inbox.
Luckily, the OIT team at CCNY is always hard at work protecting your information security, and our latest effort in the mission to keep you safe is the deployment of Proofpoint’s TAP (Targeted Attack Prevention). More than 90 percent of cyber attacks start with email, and hackers are growing ever more sophisticated – from spear-phishing to whaling (see Box). We, in OIT, look forward to continuing to provide excellent service to our students, faculty and staff. I hope the semester is going well for all of you. These are only a few of the projects your OIT staff is currently working on. You can also bring up a whiteboard display to write on your laptop/tablet with your finger or a stylus. And you can save it for subsequent display.
INK2GO ALTERNATIVE SOFTWARE
In addition, new laptops/tablets, which are equipped with a software application called Ink2Go, will allow you to annotate on top of any content you are displaying – even video.
INK2GO ALTERNATIVE PRO
VIA Connect Pro lets you wirelessly connect to the AV system and play video content or display your presentation material from a laptop/tablet anywhere in the room. No need to worry about bringing a VGA cable to display your material to your class. The North Academic Center (NAC) will become our pilot location for a new classroom technology we are rolling out called VIA Connect Pro. The rooms will be outfitted with Steelcase Node desks that roll on casters so that they can be configured effortlessly in multiple ways according to your individual requirements. Each center will support up to 35 students and contain seven interactive whiteboards where students can wirelessly connect to the displays, using the provided laptop/tablets, and work on class assignments together. Faculty will be able to reserve these rooms for classes that require students to work in groups and collaborate using technology. These will provide our students with collaboration technology and are highly configurable. In the Tech Center, we are in the process of building two state-of-the-art Active Learning Centers. As always, we have been very busy on your behalf making progress on many fronts. Welcome to the Spring 2017 issue of TechTalk – the OIT newsletter. 8 CUNY Excellence in Technology Winner, Jermaine Norris
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