October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month and OCU is spreading awareness through various updates to the OCU information systems including safe attachments, safe links, Cloudflare, and sensitivity labels as well as sending out a plethora of announcements informing students how they can make safer online choices.
Editorial: Our data must be secure
Student Publications reflects on the importance of our digital footprint.
Campus tech implements email filtering service
Campus Technology Services began using the Barracuda Networks system to filter unwanted, phishing and scam emails from campus members’ inboxes.
Campus tech upgrades Cokesbury network
Campus technology services are updating the wireless internet network in the Cokesbury Court Apartments.
Campus tech provides resources for digital learning in classrooms
Many of the schools and learning spaces across OCU recently received a technology upgrade.
New printer networks changed from “okcuprint”
Campus technology has created new printing networks to replace “okcuprint” after transitioning to new printers and copiers.
Students concerned with Wi-Fi upgrade, coverage
Some students are currently having trouble with Wi-Fi on campus.
Campus technology updates copiers across campus
OCU is due for some new copiers, and the campus technology department is working on that mission.
Cybersecurity Awareness month underway, intends to spread awareness of technology security
This year OCU will participate in National Cybersecurity Awareness Month.
Officials update BlueLink, class registration
BlueLink, the online portal for class registration and grades, is being updated with a new look and altered features.
Campus Technology officials seek to hire more student employees
Campus Technology Services officials are looking for more employees to increase efficiency.
Students receive phishing emails that offer jobs, allow hacking
Clicking links or replying to these emails can result in hacking, spamming or account blocking.
Editorial: Bring attention to websites incorrectly blocked on Wi-Fi
Campus Wi-Fi blocks certain websites for various reasons, but officials should ensure they’re blocking the right sites for the right reasons.
University officials alter method of sharing information
Officials of the Department of Education are requiring universities to update their network and data security policies.
Personal network devices interfere with Wi-Fi signal
Students might inadvertently be negatively affecting the wireless signal on campus by trying to improve it.
Campus tech takes steps to improve Wi-Fi in residential areas
Students might notice an improved Wi-Fi signal in residential areas.
Campus technology addresses email phishing problem
Campus technology is helping to restore problems after students receive phishing emails
Scam emails trick students into disclosing information
Beginning in December, illegitimate emails started tricking several students into providing private account information.
Two emergency phones out of order
Two of the emergency phones on campus are out of order. The phones East of the Dawson-Loeffler Science & Mathematics Center and on the Quad South of Tom and Brenda McDaniel University Center have been down for a couple of weeks, said Bradd Brown, chief of police. Brown said he did not have the information with…
Computer lab relocates with fewer computers
By Ally Hansen, Staff Writer The 24 hour computer lab has relocated. With the expansion of the Student Life Office, the 24 hour computer lab has moved. The former lab was located behind Alvin’s across from the Student Government Office. The new office is located in a nook inside the Student Government Office. The new computer…
