October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM), an annual campaign to raise awareness about the importance of cybersecurity. Cybersecurity incidents can cripple computers and networks and cause a loss of public confidence. Inadequate cybersecurity measures can lead to the compromise of sensitive information. Government organizations have the responsibility of protecting citizens’ personal information, but […]
During the summer of 2017, Ms. Doryan Carlton of the Executive Budget Office was seeking to redesign their existing website to provide visitors with a fresh and modern user experience. They also wanted the capability to easily manage their own content so they could keep the site current and its information accurate. Shortly after Ms. […]
If you were accustomed to looking up ISD IT and Security policies on the cybersecurity website (http://cybersecurity.alabama.gov), you will no longer find them there and you will be redirected to the new OIT website IT Governance Library. In that area of the OIT website is a link to “Legacy IT Policies and Standards.” These are […]
There is a new policy on the (new) OIT website: OIT Policy 540: State Email and Directory Services. This new OIT policy updates and replaces two of the ISD legacy policies: Policy 540: E-mail Communications and Policy 545: Electronic Collaboration. https://oit.alabama.gov/governance-library/500-architecture/ This policy established OIT responsibility to maintain and administer the State’s primary, centralized email […]
How Can I Tell if an Email Is Spam? Some spam is obvious (“I lost 30 pounds and made $24356 in five hours by taking this special pill!”), but other messages are more subtle. A lot of spam relies oh “phishing,” in which a spammer will try to make their email look like it’s coming […]