{"id":68830,"date":"2020-10-23T12:40:43","date_gmt":"2020-10-23T16:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=68830"},"modified":"2020-10-23T16:22:39","modified_gmt":"2020-10-23T20:22:39","slug":"cyber-safety-tool-available-to-help-brock-community-avoid-online-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2020\/10\/cyber-safety-tool-available-to-help-brock-community-avoid-online-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyber safety tool available to help Brock community avoid online attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"BodyA\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Brock University is marking Cybersecurity Awareness Month in October by emphasizing the importance of staying vigilant while working remotely. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"BodyA\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which has the majority of the Brock community working from home, the University has seen an increase in cybersecurity attacks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"BodyA\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">As the University increased its reliance on technology, it has in turn, increased its cyber risk.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"BodyA\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Information Technology Services (ITS) is reminding the Brock community that most attacks can be deterred by staying aware and being cautious of suspicious emails and account activity. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"BodyA\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">The Government of Canada has created a <span class=\"Hyperlink0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.getcybersafe.gc.ca\/en\/resources\/research\/take-get-cyber-safe-checkup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: black;\">cyber safety checkup tool<\/span><\/a><\/span><span class=\"None\">, which reinforces the importance of staying secure online and provides tips on how to do so. All members of the Brock community are encouraged to use the tool to refresh their cybersecurity knowledge.<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"BodyA\"><span class=\"None\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">For more information on cybersecurity attacks and how to prevent them, visit <\/span><\/span><span class=\"Hyperlink0\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/information-technology\/service-catalogue\/security-and-access\/cyber-security-awareness-and-training\/phishing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: black;\">the ITS website<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"None\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"BodyA\"><span class=\"None\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Any questions can be directed to the ITS Help Desk at <\/span><\/span><span class=\"Hyperlink0\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><a href=\"mailto:ithelp@brocku.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: black;\">ithelp@brocku.ca<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"None\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brock University is marking Cybersecurity Awareness Month in October by emphasizing the importance of staying vigilant while working remotely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":68834,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[54,7],"tags":[7822,9620,180,134],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68830"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68830"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68835,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68830\/revisions\/68835"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}