Category: Guidance
Public O365 Groups, Teams, Sharepoint
As of 11/20/2023 any Office 365 Group, Team or Sharepoint site that has visibility set to Public will be changed to Private due to the risk of accidental exposure of confidential data and other unintended consequences (e.g., unauthorized data modification) If you would like assistance with using Office 365 for secure document storage and collaboration, please consult with your departmental IT or help.unc.edu to review… Read More about Public O365 Groups, Teams, Sharepoint.
National Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Phish Resistant MFA
Key Takeaways: UNC is rolling out Phishing-Resistant MFA through the CarolinaKey initiative. Setting up CarolinaKey will increase your security posture and reduce the number of times you have to type a password + approve an MFA push. You are 99% less likely to get hacked if your account uses MFA. Enable MFA wherever it is available, especially your personal email and financial services. Any MFA… Read More about National Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Phish Resistant MFA.
Tech Support Scam and Browser Lock
There have been several reports of Tech Support Scams that begin with a “Browser Lock” pop-up malware notification that opens in full screen view, making it difficult to close. The pop-up displays a telephone number to call which will lead to the scammer directing you to setup remote screen sharing access through a tool such as teamviewer or logmein. From there the scammer will try… Read More about Tech Support Scam and Browser Lock.
Website Hosting Guidance
There are a lot of options for creating and deploying websites. Here is some guidance to help highlight some of the options provided by UNC and to ensure University data is protected when deploying websites for university business. We also have guidance on handling secure file uploads in a separate post. Consider ITS Managed Services UNC ITS supports two Software as a Service (SaaS) options… Read More about Website Hosting Guidance.