DON’T Use Passphrases for Passwords

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Reading Time: 2 minutes[Reading Time – 1 minute 44 seconds] When I am speaking to users about passwords, towards the end of the presentation I give my three password principles: Any password that can be memorized is a weak password  (This is somewhat tongue-in-cheek, but it is to remind everyone that long passwords are more important than complex […]

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Alexa, Are You Listening?

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Reading Time: 3 minutes[Reading time – 2 minutes 38 seconds] The popularity of voice-activated speaker devices is exploding. Amazon Echo and Google Home have sold over 100 million units. However: when do these devices start listening to our commands? does it immediately erase our instructions after carrying them out? could a human eavesdrop on our private conversations through […]

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Office 2019 – System Requirement – WINDOWS 10

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Reading Time: 2 minutesAs Microsoft tries to update everyone to the latest secure operating system, Office 2019 will have one big system requirement: Windows 10. Office 2019, the next perpetual version of Office, is aimed at businesses that are not quite that ready for the cloud connectivity of Office 365. The Windows 10 requirement specifies any currently supported […]

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Now That’s An Antivirus!

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Reading Time: < 1 minute[Reading Time – 1 minute 2 seconds] Do you need a little stress relief from the 24/7 news cycle on COVID-19? Then maybe this will help. A Computer Program To Protect Against a Biological Virus? Malwarebytes Lab has uncovered the website “antivirus-covid19[.]site.” This site is advertising “Corona Antivirus – World’s best protection.” By downloading and […]

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Deliver Tests to Your Students Anywhere with Cengage Testing, Powered by Cognero

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Reading Time: 3 minutesAre you looking for a new way to administer tests to your students? Cengage Learning Testing powered by Cognero is a flexible online system that allows you to create, edit and deliver tests to your students in and out of the classroom. Within this system you can create and manage a test bank from a […]

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Webinar: Assigning Proof Problems Online: Discover How with WebAssign

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Reading Time: 2 minutesBig thank you to all who attended our Webinar: Assigning Proof Problems Online: Discover How with WebAssign. For those who couldn’t make it – don’t worry, you’ll be able to find all of the relevant resources and video of the webinar within this post. Feel free to share this article with your colleagues as well. […]

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