The following maintenance activity will take place during our normally scheduled maintenance period beginning at 9:00 PM:

• The campus file server which hosts employee and student Home (X) and Shared (S) drives will be down from 9:00 PM until roughly 9:30 PM for security patch installation. During this time, access to Home and Shared directories will be unavailable.

If you have any questions, please contact the ASU Computing Services Helpdesk at x7741 or via email at computingservices@adams.edu

Thank you,

Computing Services

The following maintenance activities will take place today (12/20):

-In order to take advantage of the greatly reduced number of students on campus, we will be performing an upgrade to our wireless system at 4:00 PM. This will result in an outage of roughly 30 minutes for anyone connecting to the ASUwifi wireless network.

-We will be deploying critical security patches to all Employee Windows PCs beginning at 9:00 PM. Employees are urged to log out but leave their computers on when leaving work in order to allow these updates to run outside of work hours.

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to call the ASU Computing Services Helpdesk at x7741 or contact us via email at computingservices@adams.edu

Thanks and Happy Holidays!

Computing Services

Computing Services will be performing an upgrade to the Banner system beginning at 8 AM and lasting until approximately 12:00 noon. During this time, ALL Production Banner services including forms, School Services, and Banner Printing will be unavailable.

We know that there is never an ideal time to perform maintenance, but Computing Services attempts to time these types of upgrades so to minimize the impact to our users. We are taking the opportunity during Commencement in which faculty and staff are participating to perform this maintenance. Our intent is to have all Banner services restored and operational by noon.

If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to call the ASU Computing Services Help Desk at 7741 or contact us via email at computingservices@adams.edu

Thank you,

Computing Services

The following maintenance activities will take place beginning at 9:00 PM during our normally scheduled maintenance window:

-All web services will experience brief outages as we apply critical security updates to the systems. Impact to our users should be brief, roughly 15 minutes.

-The campus Windows servers (printing, Active Directory) will be rebooted after the installation of critical security patches. User impact should be minimal, if at all.

-The Banner Job Submission and Forms servers will be unavailable from around 9:00 PM until roughly 11:00 PM for the installation of critical security patches.

****Old anti-virus software expired on Employee Computers****

Over the summer, Computing Services migrated all the computers on campus to a new antivirus. Instead of using Kaspersky Antivirus, we are now using Microsoft System Center Endpoint Protection (abbreviated SCEP). In the system tray on your computer (by the clock) you should see a green square with a shield for SCEP instead of a red “K” for Kaspersky.

A few computers on campus did not automatically migrate to the new antivirus. Laptops that were off campus during the migration also may still have Kaspersky.

Last week our licensing for Kaspersky expired. If you still have Kaspersky installed on your computer you will no longer have valid anti-virus protection. If Kaspersky is installed, you should see a pop up notification that the license is expired.

Please contact Computing Services immediately so we can install SCEP on your computer to ensure that your workstation is protected from viruses and malware. If you have a laptop that still has Kaspersky, please bring it to the Computing Services Helpdesk.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact the Helpdesk at x7741 or email us at computingservices@adams.edu.

Thank you,

Computing Services

President Obama has again declared October as National Cyber Security Awareness Month! You can read the White House statement here:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/10/01/presidential-proclamation-national-cybersecurity-awareness-month-2012

The National Cyber Security Alliance team encourages everyone to STOP.THINK.CONNECT.

The internet is an incredible tool, but you must use caution to ensure that your personal information remains secure and to protect yourself from virus infections.

I have an antivirus, why do I still get virus infections?

Antivirus solutions can block viruses that they have rules or definitions for, but new malware is released daily. It is critically important that you update your antivirus often so you are protected against recent threats. Some viruses are installed by infected webpages. Some viruses exploit old versions of software, like Java or Adobe. Recently, more virus infections have been spreading through social media, such as Facebook and Skype. If you click on an infected message and then download and run a file, you may be bypassing the protection provided by your Antivirus program.

Keep a Clean Machine

• Keep security software current: Having the latest security software, web browser, and operating system are the best defenses against viruses, malware, and other online threats.
• Automate software updates: Many software programs will automatically connect and update to defend against known risks. Turn on automatic updates if that’s an available option.
• Protect all devices that connect to the Internet: Along with computers, smart phones, gaming systems, and other web-enabled devices also need protection from viruses and malware.
• Plug & scan: “USBs” and other external devices can be infected by viruses and malware. Use your security software to scan them.

Connect With Care

When in doubt, throw it out: Links in email, tweets, posts, and online advertising are often the way cybercriminals compromise your computer. If it looks suspicious, even if you know the source, it’s best to delete or if appropriate, mark as junk email.

• Protect your $$: When banking and shopping, check to be sure the sites is security enabled. Look for web addresses with “https://” or “shttp://”, which means the site takes extra measures to help secure your information. “Http://” is not secure.

When in doubt, ask us!

ASU ResNet is here to help you with Cyber Security and answer any questions you may have.

Like us on Facebook for more security tips or to ask questions! https://www.facebook.com/ASUResNet

You can also contact us at resnet@adams.edu, calling us at 719-587-7741 or stopping by ASU Computing Services.

The following maintenance activities will take place during our normally scheduled maintenance window beginning at 9 PM:

-All Banner services will experience a brief outage from 9:00 PM until roughly 9:30 as we perform a test move of the database between servers.

-The campus Trane server, lock server and the back-end VMWare storage cluster will receive critical security patches and upgrades. No user impact or outage is anticipated due to these patches.

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please call the ASU Computing Services Help Desk at 719-587-7741 or contact us via email at computingservices@adams.edu

Thanks and have a great day,

Computing Services

Computing Services will be sending out security tips during the month of October to celebrate National Cyber Security Awareness Month! For more information on National Cyber Security Awareness Month, please click the link below.

http://www.staysafeonline.org/ncsam

***Phishing***

We have seen an increase in phishing attempts recently. Phishing emails, calls, and other scams are designed to trick you into sharing your personal information with a cybercriminal. Cybercriminals will attempt to steal passwords, credit card information, and other personal information.

Phishing emails can sometimes be cleverly crafted to look like they have been sent from Computing Services. Computing Services will never ask for your password via email!

If you receive a phishing email do not click on any links or respond to it, please delete it. You can also forward phishing emails to reportphishing@antiphishing.org if you would like to. When in doubt, please call us!

Here is more information on how to recognize phishing attempts:

http://www.microsoft.com/security/online-privacy/phishing-symptoms.aspx

Another example of the severity and seriousness of phishing comes from the recent “ransomware” scam that is detailed on the FBI link below:

http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2012/august/new-internet-scam

If you have any questions about phishing or would like more information about National Cyber Security Awareness Month, please contact the Computing Services Helpdesk at 719-587-7741 or at computingservices@adams.edu.

The following maintenance activities will take place during our regularly scheduled maintenance window beginning at 9 PM:

-Critical security patches will be applied to various servers with minimal, if any downtime expected for our users.

***ASU Employee Computer Power Management- Going Green!***

Computing Services is excited to apply a more consistent power management policy to our employee computers. All employee computers will now only sleep after 2 full hours of inactivity during peak business hours of 8 am to 5 pm. After 5 pm, they will sleep after 1 full hour of inactivity. We hope to reduce campus energy consumption and costs with these policies. Only employee Windows computers will be affected. Classroom computers will remain exempt from power management settings to ensure classes are not interrupted.

We understand that some employees would like their computers to be exempt from these settings. To do so, please follow the instructions at the link below:

https://howto.adams.edu/index.php/ASU_Employee_Computers_-_Power_Management_Settings

If you have any questions, please call Computing Services at x7741 or email us at computingservices@adams.edu

The following maintenance activities will take place during our regularly scheduled maintenance window beginning at 9 PM this Thursday:

-All campus network, lab, Banner, wifi and Internet access will experience outages lasting from 9 PM until roughly 10:30 PM. This maintenance is due to a known issue that, if unpatched, will cause the network switches that control these services to lock up and cause an un-planned outage.

Computing Services apologizes for the inconvenience that this outage may cause, but chose this maintenance window during Fall Break in an attempt to minimize overall impact to all of our users. As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please contact the ASU Computing Services Help Desk at x7741 or via email at computingservices@adams.edu

****Banner Services unavailable this Saturday, 10/6****

Beginning at 8 AM and lasting until roughly 5 PM, ALL Banner services including forms, School Services, Banner printing, and Xtender (BDMS) will be off-line as Computing Services moves and reconfigures the Banner system hardware and servers into a second equipment rack. This move is part of an effort to improve our ability to make these services more highly available and redundant.

Thank you,

Computing Services

The following maintenance activities will take place beginning at 9 PM during our normally scheduled maintenance window:

-Employee computers will receive extremely critical zero-day security patches. Employees are encouraged to log out of their computers but leave them turned on when leaving work for the day to ensure these critical patches get applied as soon as possible.

-Beginning at 9 PM, Computing Services will be performing Operating System upgrades on the Faculty Email server and administrative password change server. Faculty and Staff will experience roughly 30 minutes of downtime to email during this time.

**** Banner Upgrade this Sunday, 9/30 ****

-All Banner services will be unavailable beginning at 8 AM and lasting until roughly 6 PM as we perform an upgrade to the Banner system. This outage affects all Banner services such as Forms, School Services, Banner Printing, BDMS, etc. This upgrade is another necessary step required to keep our systems in compliance and continue toward the major upgrade to Banner 9 within the next 18 months or so.

We thank you for your patience and apologize for any inconvenience these upgrades and outages may cause. As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to call the ASU Computing Services Help Desk at 719-587-7741 or contact us via email at computingservices@adams.edu

Thanks and have a great day,

Computing Services