November 3, 2022
To Faculty and Staff:
More than 85% of Cybersecurity breaches involve an employee providing sensitive information (username, password, etc.)
to an individual masquerading as someone they trust!
Cyber criminals can trick even the most seasoned professionals! However, there are several email phishing signs that you should look out for as you
evaluate an email, phone call or other communication that you have received:
- When you receive a communication, you should ask yourself if you know the sender and
can trust any attachments or links that are provided.
- Scrutinize any communication that is requesting your credentials, payment information
or other personal details.
- A request that has a strong sense of urgency, is threatening, follows an unfamiliar
process or has provided a suspicious link or attachment should raise caution.
- Communications that have an unfamiliar tone or contain spelling or grammatical errors
are suspicious.
To help you sharpen your senses going forward, the FSC Cybersecurity Team will periodically send out mock phishing exercises to your email. Don't be discouraged
if you get caught by one of these tests. We want to help all employees recognize, avoid, and report potential threats that can compromise
critical business data and systems.
If you see something, say something!
If you receive a suspicious email, please flag it as phishing in Outlook. If you
believe that you have been tricked into giving out sensitive information, please contact
the FSC IT Helpdesk immediately (934-420-2754). The quicker we are alerted to a potential problem, the better. You will not only
be helping to protect your account and credentials, but you will also help to protect
the Farmingdale Community.
For more information on email red flags to look for, click here. For details on safe computing practices, including reporting a phishing email in Outlook, please click here.
