Information Security
FIT is Cybersafe is FIT’s campaign for cybersecurity for our community.
Cyberattacks, identity theft, and online scams are all over the news lately. A school might not seem like a likely target, but colleges, along with other institutions, are increasingly in the cross-hairs of global cybercriminals. College databases hold a lot of personal information about students and employees that can be valuable to hackers.
Many attacks against institutions like FIT succeed because of something a community member did (clicking on something they shouldn’t) or didn’t do (use a strong password). That’s why we’re starting a campaign to make everyone aware of what they can do to stay cybersafe. We’ll provide tips, training, and online resources and members of our security team will be at campus events to promote awareness and answer questions. And remember the same practices that protect you at FIT protect you at home.
Be aware—and Be Cybersafe!
Recent Posts
FIT’s 2026 Cybersecurity Training
Stay vigilant online! FIT’s 2026 Cybersecurity Training is now live! This training equips our employees with essential cyber security training to identify and combat threats and protect personal and institutional data. This mandatory training for faculty and staff is updated annually and is available through our vendor, Knowbe4. The training is 30 minutes long, and you […]
Scam Alert: Beware of fake internship or job offers using FIT faculty names
More FIT students have been tricked by the latest scam/phishing emails The current scam attack is related to internship, research, or job offers that use the actual names of FIT faculty as part of the scam. Legitimate faculty and staff member emails should only come from FIT email addresses, not external ones. Any offers from […]
Cybersafe Warning – Many Cyber Scams Are Targeting Students Right Now
Email Alerts Sent We alerted the community to these scams via email on January 31, 2024 and again on February 21, 2024. Your inbox is brimming with emails from professors, organizations, and maybe even potential employers. But amid the legitimate messages, lurks a very serious hidden danger: phishing scams. What is phishing, and how can […]
Review Past Threats
Cybercriminals often reuse or create a variation of past scams, read through our threat archives to learn more about how to stay Cybersafe.
Recent CISO Updates
Why Third‑Party Risk Reviews Matter in Higher Education
Colleges rely on hundreds of external vendors for critical business applications, learning platforms, pedagogy tools, cloud services, student support operations, and fundraising systems. When one of those vendors suffers a security failure, the consequences fall squarely on the institution—impacting critical systems and the students, faculty, and staff who use them. […]
ShinyHunters Strike Again (and Again)
In last month’s newsletter, we covered the ShinyHunters cybercrime group and their role in the widespread Canvas breach. Fortunately, FIT was not impacted but unfortunately, the situation has only escalated. In recent weeks, ShinyHunters has claimed three additional major victims: Oracle PeopleSoft, a platform widely used across higher education; Kodak, […]
Phishing After the Canvas Breach: Why All .edu Accounts Need to Stay Alert
Earlier this month, Canvas, a major learning‑management system used by thousands of colleges and universities, disclosed a security incident involving unauthorized access to certain user data. While the investigation is ongoing, the breach has already triggered a wave of higher education‑themed phishing attacks across the country. Within days after the […]
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