This news brief tells you about Cybersecurity Awareness Month and the 2026 theme Don’t Make It Easy For Them. This week tells you about secure passwords and password managers, as well as give a reminder about Cybersecurity Awareness Training.
This Week’s Cybersecurity News, 10/01/2026
This Week’s Cybersecurity News, 09/09/2026
This news brief lets you know about a current threat and a non-threat. It also reminds you about graymail and UT’s AI matrix.
This Week’s Cybersecurity News, 08/28/2026
This news brief tells you about the new graymail management, as well as UT’s AI matrix. It also reminds everyone about the pension/retirement threat.
This Week’s Cybersecurity News, 03/25/2026
This news brief tells you about a phishing attempt and a smishing attempt you should should be aware of.
This Week’s Cybersecurity News, 12/16/2025
This news brief tells about more calendar phishing scams and reminds readers of the upcoming training deadline.
This Week’s Cybersecurity News, 11/07/2024
This news brief tells you about a current threat that hit many mailboxes and reminds you about the security awareness training.
This Week’s Cybersecurity News, 02/28/2024
This news brief tells you about a legitimate email for a survey, as well as reminders about physical security and updates.
This Week’s Cybersecurity News, 01/03/2024
This news brief tells about a current threat, reminds you about updates, reminds you to review the UTIA AUP, and tells about upcoming changes to policy.
This Week’s Cybersecurity News, 12/14/2023
This news brief reminds you of the required compliance training for 2023. It also gives you information about a recurring email threat.
This Week’s Cybersecurity News, 11/08/2023
This news brief reminds you of UT’s policy of using only the UT-provided email account for work. It also tells you about upcoming changes to our UTIA policies.
Sandy Lindsey
Chief Information Security Officer
Information Technology Services
The University of Tennessee
Institute of Agriculture