Some tricks to defeat the digital ghouls
October 24th, 2024
Although October is best known for Halloween, it also happens to be International Cyber Security Awareness month. Please read on for some tricks to help defeat the digital ghouls!
You may have already received or will soon receive an invitation from Dawson's IT Support to complete a 10-minute Cyber Security course entitled Email Phishing. These courses are part of our ministerial requirements on Cyber Security.
- Beware of phishing scams! We run yearly simulations to help you practice recognize these pranks. The simple, telltale signs still work, one of which is an outside email posing as a colleague. If you see one, report it in Outlook by clicking on "Report Phishing."
- Do not engage or respond to your colleagues outside the College platforms, which are Dawson email, MyDawson MIO (Omnivox, and Teams. Read more about phishing on our pages.
- Stop and take a moment to examine hyperlinks and their context.
- Store your work files on SharePoint and OneDrive, rather than locally on your computer. In the event of your computer being infected it will be quarantined and local files will be lost.
- Notice any suspicious email, activity, vulnerabilities, hacking, etc.? Who ya gonna call? IT Support!
Professional Photography students staff grad portrait pop-up studio
May 3rd, 2023
The Dawson Professional Photography students partnered again this year with Campus Life and Leadership (CLL) and members of the Dawson Web Group to offer graduation portraits to over 600 of 2023 Dawson grads. The collaboration is an excellent example of communities working together to achieve mutually beneficial goals.
To read the homepage news story, visit the link below.
January 25th, 2023
A website is the ‘face’ of an organization. In Dawson’s case, it is the primary vehicle through which we promote our programs to prospective students, showcase the amazing work of our students and faculty locally, nationally and internationally as well as invite partnerships and donations to the College. The last time Dawson’s website was redesigned…
Dawson community enjoyed being together again at BBQ
May 18th, 2022
It was so nice to have a big Dawson community event for the first time in more than two years! More than 800 students and employees were treated to ice cream and almost the same number enjoyed a BBQ meal outside on campus May 10. Food was served by our cafeteria staff and from food trucks and there was live music.
Thanks to Campus Life and Leadership, Student Services, the Dawson Student Union, Facilities Management, Information Systems and Technology and Director General Diane Gauvin!
Physical Education Department addresses climate action
April 6th, 2022
The ecological footprint of each Physical Education course at Dawson is being tracked in a pilot project of the department with support from Anna Likht and Rafael Scapin of Information Systems and Technology and the Sustainability Office.
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June 1st, 2021
Stop, think and check There is an epidemic of phishing (fraudulent attempts to get access to your computer/device or your data) these days. Please take a moment to think before clicking on a link in an email, text message or messenger app. Even when the sender is known, their account could be compromised and…
Moodle Day 2021
May 18th, 2021
Our annual Moodle Day will take place on Friday, May 28 from 9 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Feel free to join us online to learn more Moodle! In order to register, please click on the Read More link.
May 18th, 2021
MFA is the term for when the bank or other websites ask you to provide more information once you have already entered your log in and password. A popular method of MFA is to send a code by text message to your mobile phone and ask you to enter that code within a short time…
April 20th, 2021
There is a major initiative to prevent cyberattacks at public institutions across Quebec. “If I could only say one thing to colleagues, it would be: ‘don’t click on a link in an email before thinking,’” said François Paradis, Director of Information Systems and Technology at Dawson College. Email is #1 entry point Network Security Analyst…
April 7th, 2021
Context Although we were learning about HyFlex course-design before this year, the actual COVID situation has led to the need to investigate this new course model with greater urgency. Testing one of Dawson’s 20 HyFlex-capable classrooms with IST members was insightful. We were able to test the HyFlex room and make recommendations regarding its set…
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