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Your Internet Connection Speed
With everyone sheltering at home, we thought it would be useful to share a few tips to get the most out of your internet connection at home. Know your internet connection speed and plan. If you’ve just always had the 10Mbps connection from Comcast, give them a call, you may be able to get a […]
Temporary Access to Adobe Creative Cloud Products on Your Personal Device
As a result of campus closure, student and employee access to Adobe Creative Cloud in labs and classrooms is not available. While we are still offering access through our virtual environments, Gustavus has worked with Adobe to provide temporary access for students and employees directly on their devices. Installing the applications directly on your device […]
Stay safe online while working remotely
During these uncertain and stressful times it is important to remember to keep information security in the forefront of your mind. Accessing campus resources remotely is more complex and creates more challenges thereby creating opportunities for scammers. There is an increase in phishing attempts and scammers are increasingly taking advantage of the fears surrounding Coronavirus/COVID-19. […]
Week in Review
A lot of great work was accomplished last week. We went from a near standstill, fraught with anticipation, to having a fairly robust transition website that covers the basics of teaching, learning, and working remotely. Webinars, laptop loans, infrastructure upgrades, and oodles of meetings all happened with nearly half of the GTS team working from […]
Technology Services Monthly
Summer Recap Welcome back! Some important things happened while everyone was away. Here’s a brief rundown of some changes that could impact your return. Nobel Hall Progress The halfway point for the Nobel Hall expansion and renovation will introduce a number of new lab, teaching, and community spaces, including the Laboratory Theater, Teaching Kitchen, and […]
Chegg Data Breach
The popular textbook rental service Chegg experienced a data breach in April 2018 that exposed personal information for 40 million subscribers. The data included email addresses, names, and inadequately encrypted passwords. If you have a Chegg account and your password is one that you’ve used at other sites/services, we recommend you update your password on […]
IMAP Support to End
On the morning of March 4, IMAP will be deactivated for all College email accounts. This change will render all third-party email applications inoperable, including Thunderbird, Outlook, Mac Mail, and iOS Mail. Any attempt to use an unsupported third-party email application on or after this date will result in password error messages. Signing in again […]
Spear Phishing
What is Spear Phishing? Spear Phishing is the fraudulent practice of sending emails that appear to be from a known or trusted sender. The goal of spear phishing is often to elicit confidential information, or to have the recipient perform some action (e.g., clicking on a link or downloading an attachment). What Should I Look […]
Collection #1 Data Breach
Recent news stories have highlighted a data breach called “Collection #1.” “Collection #1” has exposed 773 million unique email accounts and 21 million unique passwords. Initial reports indicate this data is several years old. If you are interested in a detailed analysis of the accounts, please visit Troy Hunt’s article for more information: https://www.troyhunt.com/the-773-million-record-collection-1-data-reach/ Now […]
Endpoint Protection Deployment
Gustavus Technology Services is excited to announce that as part of the College’s information security initiatives, we have partnered with a new vendor to provide our next generation antivirus solution (NGAV). Over the past few months, we have evaluated and tested several solutions in order to determine the best fit for Gustavus. We evaluated each […]