October blows in with football, fall colors, falling leaves, and Cybersecurity Awareness month.- State of IT Security presentation by Josh McCune, which kicked off Cybersecurity Awareness month on Oct. 1. Josh shared insights on security when working remotely, security of IoT (Internet of Things) and the future of cybersecurity at K-State.
- Apps Parents Should Know About in 2020, Officer John Calvert, 2-3 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, offered in conjunction with the CIO at USD 383.
- Cybersecurity Awareness Training will be sent to all faculty and staff on Oct. 15. The state-mandated training needs to be completed by Oct. 29.
There is a Mediasite-Canvas integration ongoing issue being addressed by vendors. When inserting a Mediasite presentation into Canvas, users may receive an error saying, “Content retrieval failed.” A recent change in Canvas has broken part of the Mediasite integration and is expected to be fixed soon. Please see the knowledge base article for more information and a workaround.
HRIS, KSIS, and DARS will be unavailable from midnight – 4 a.m., Sunday, Oct. 11. IT will be performing maintenance on the Oracle PeopleSoft systems. This maintenance is to keep the system secure and up to date.
The Financial Information System (FIS) will be unavailable from 6 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 17, through 6 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 18. Once the monthly maintenance is complete, FIS will be brought back up for use.
Reminder: Zoom provided K-State an update on the passcode requirement.
Spaces for students to go when face-to-face and online classes are back to back or studying are available under Study Locations on the K-State Map.
Technical training opportunities are posted on the website. Microsoft Teams training will be offered 2-3:30 p.m., Oct. 12. Register for the Teams training. Upcoming CRM training was announced in K-State Today.
Comparison of Phishing Scams and Compromised eIDs Jan. 1 – Oct. 1
| YTD 2020 | YTD 2019 | YTD 2018 | |
| Compromised eIDs | 326 | 475 | 460 |
| Phishing scams | 974 | 1064 | 410 |
| Phishing scam tickets processed | 2401 | 2728 | 1848 |
