Hello, everyone.

Today I just have one non-threat to let you know about. I also want to let people know why I send these newsletters.

Current Non-Threat

• Annual Employee Survey
  • The sender is McLean & Company <survey[@]mclean.com>.
  • The subject is Please Respond: University of Tennessee Employee Survey.
  • The emails are going out to faculty and staff today.
  • The content asks for you to complete the survey in order to make UT and even better place to work.
  • UT President Randy Boyd sent an email yesterday to let everyone know that the survey would be coming from a third-party provider, McLean & Company, and explained that this is a follow-up to last year’s annual survey.
  • The survey is very short and is requested to be completed by October 2.

Ask Your CISO

• Why am I receiving these emails from you about IT Security?
  • This is a great question and I want to make sure everyone knows the purpose of these e-newsletters.
  • The Institute is comprised of AgResearch, College of Veterinary Medicine, Herbert College of Agriculture, and UT Extension.
  • In addition to the Institute’s Knoxville campus, there are 10 AgResearch and Education Centers, three Regional Extension Offices, four 4-H Centers, and 95 County Offices across the state.
  • I send the newsletters to all Institute faculty and staff, including student employees, on a weekly(ish) basis.
  • There are also some retirees who get the newsletter based on their status with the Institute.
  • I also have been asked to include some non-employee student groups.
  • Not everything in every newsletter will apply to every person receiving it.
  • By including everyone with each newsletter, it helps make some people aware of things they would never otherwise know about.
  • For instance, at certain times of the year students are highly targeted by scammers sending phishing emails, so sharing information about threats is intended to help keep students alert to the “job opportunity” scams, among others.
  • I always encourage anyone receiving the newsletters to share them with students, friends, family, and clients.
  • If you ever want to look up a past newsletter or search a certain topic of interest, you can find all the previous newsletters and other important information at the UTIAsecurity website.
  • And if you have specific questions and concerns, don’t ever hesitate to ask me!

Thank you so much for everything you do to protect the Institute and its data, students, employees, clients, and yourself!

Sandy

Important Note: Thank you so much for sharing these e-newsletters with family, friends, clients, students, and anyone else who may benefit from the information. I would like to stress that you should keep your students in mind, as non-employee students will not get this information without someone sharing. If anyone has an email group for students who are not employees of your department, please let me know what that address is, and I can include it. I do this as a blind copy so student names and addresses will not show up!