Find out about phishing! 

It's Technology Tip Tuesday, and this October--Cybersecurity Awareness Month--we at ITSS want to remind you not to fall for tricks on the web. 

Phishing is a cyber criminal's attempt to get sensitive information by pretending to be the legitimate sender. These criminals usually impersonate organizations that seem legitimate at first glance. They may ask for important and personal information while pretending to be banks, phone providers, online stores, streaming services, government organizations, and more. They might even impersonate the people you know! 

Creepy, right? 

The key to avoiding phishing is to carefully review the details and content they send you before opening any links or documents, and before sharing your personal information. In this week’s cybersecurity awareness training course, we cover the topic of phishing and how to avoid falling for traps set up by online attackers. 

We encourage UPEI staff and faculty to visit the Terranova Cybersecurity Awareness Training Portal to complete the course and increase your online security! Log in securely to Terranova with our UPEI SSO.

All campus community members are also encouraged to explore the “Become CyberSafe” section of the ITSS website at https://go.upei.ca/ithelp for more information about cybersecurity. 

For more content like this, tune into Technology Tip Tuesday via the campus notices and the ITSS site to learn some scary good tricks this season!