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Welcome to 网络安全意识月! BGSU Information Technology Services (ITS) is excited to announce our participation in the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) annual campaign 在一起, we can increase our cybersecurity online, 在工作中, and at home by taking a few basic steps.

Throughout the month we will share tips on how to stay cyber safe online, 在工作中 and at home via Campus Update, 我们的BGSU和社交媒体帖子. This information will focus on CISA’s “4 Things You Can Do to Keep Yourself Safe”:

1. Turn On Multi-Factor Authentication
2. 更新软件
3. 点击前三思
4. 使用强密码

You need more than a password to protect your online accounts, and enabling Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) makes you significantly less likely to get hacked! BGSU使用 双因素认证 as its MFA method to protect valuable information and resources like your BGSU email, Canvas, the MyBGSU portal and the BGSU VPN. We also suggest using MFA to protect your other accounts like social media, 银行, 个人电子邮件, 等.  

ITS recommends using Duo push notifications as your Two Factor Authentication method, and you should never approve an authentication attempt that 你没有主动.

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Don’t delay – if you see a software update notification, act promptly. Better yet, turn on automatic updates! Be sure to update the operating system on your mobile phones, 平板电脑, and laptops (personal and university –owned). It’s also important to update applications, especially the web browsers, on all your devices.  

多亏了ITS的更新流程, most application updates occur in the background and require no user intervention. most application updates occur in the background and require no user intervention. 然而, there may be times you receive a prompt on your university device asking you to confirm or continue an update. This change will keep your software secure and at optimal performance.

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Phishing attempts are becoming more prevalent as hackers become better at disguising their messages and links. These attempts to access your personal information could come in the form of an email, text message or even a phone call. It may look/sound legitimate and seem to come from your email service, friend or coworker but seems a little off. Perhaps the timing of the message is out of place, it’s littered with mistakes or just seems suspicious. This is likely a phishing scheme, many of which are disguised in the form of a clickable link/URL in an email that looks like it will take you to a specific or familiar destination, 但在现实中, 事实并非如此. Typically, these links are configured to do one of the following:

• Take the user to a malicious webpage that attempts to install malware on the user's computer. The malware can do anything from retrieving the user's password to encrypting or stealing data from the user's device.
• Redirect the user to a fraudulent login page where the user enters their username and password under the impression that they are logging in to a legitimate website. 从本页开始, hackers can access the user's password which can then be used to log in and access protected services.

Always be cautious before you click on any link, and if a message seems suspicious report it to ITS by following these instructions:

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It can take an experienced hacker as little as 30 seconds to crack an 8-character password, with the average being 12 minutes. 密码 length and complexity requirements help prevent your password from being guessed. The longer and more complex a password is, the more time it takes for a computer/hacker to guess what it is. You should also use unique passwords for each different application and site you access. 

In March 2022, ITS increased the BGSU密码 character requirement to 12 characters; however, we recommend passwords of at least 16 characters to better protect your account and the University. You can also use free services like “我被骗了吗?” to check if a recent privacy breach has compromised your account and to determine if a password change is necessary.

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