Required Annual IT Security Awareness Training
All faculty and staff, including FRAs and GAs, are required to complete “Defend Your Shell 2025” training before April 5, 2025. This year, the training is hosted in Workday.
Phishing Messages Targeting the UMD Community
Members of the UMD community have been receiving phishing emails attempting to get their login details.
Required Annual IT Security Awareness Training
UMD faculty and staff, including research assistants and graduate assistants, are required to complete “Defend Your Shell 2024” training before March 1, 2024.
Cybersecurity Month Reminders for Faculty/Staff
As we near the close of Cybersecurity Month (October), we’d like to offer faculty and staff a few reminders of cybersecurity best practices at UMD.
Recent Scam Emails to UMD Students from Impersonators
Students have reported receiving email messages to their TERPmail and personal email addresses that appear to have been sent by faculty members at UMD. These messages have been forged to impersonate someone at the university, they were not sent by the person they claim to be from, and the job offer is a scam.
Using Generative AI While Respecting Privacy
Providing information to generative artificial intelligence tools is the same as posting that information on a publicly available website. Learn about using data responsibly when exploring AI tools.
Required Annual IT Security Awareness Training
All faculty and staff, including research assistants and graduate assistants, are required to complete “Defend Your Shell 2023” training before March 6, 2023.
Upcoming IT Service Changes and Interruptions
The Division of IT is making the following changes to improve the UMD’s IT services and the security of your account. Some could interrupt your access to services or require you to update device settings.
Upcoming UMD Passphrase Management Changes
The Division of IT is making the following changes to improve the security of your UMD account. New Look for MFA Login Screens - August 1, 2022 The look and feel of the multi-factor authentication login screens (DUO) within the UMD Central Authentication Service (CAS) will change. See this support article for more information and to see a preview of the new screens.
Recent UMD Cybersecurity Attacks
Over the past week, UMD has seen a rapid increase in the number of spear phishing attacks directed at UMD employees. In a spear phishing attack, a forged email is commonly sent to members of the UMD community, and the goal is to get people to click on an email attachment. The forged email shows the name of a trusted member of the UMD community such as your department chair or business officer.