University of Eastern Finland is again a target of active phishing. IT Services seeks to develop actions again phishing and now we are deploying a Microsoft O365 information security feature, Safe Links. IT Services’ staff has used it already for some time and it seems to work effectively against phishing links. Safe Links protects against […]
Beware of any, even a little bit suspicious emails. Notice that the emails can come from addresses belonging to UEF staff or students. Do NOT click any links or give your username and password even if the page seems to be valid. Usually the address of the webpage reveals that the page is not a […]
Multi-factor authentication (MFA) has efficiently reduced phishing of UEF user accounts and inflicted security breaches. All UEF user accounts use multi-factor authentication when logging into email and other O365 services (applies to staff members and comparable users, students, CCL students and external users). In order to guarantee information security, it is necessary to introduce MFA […]
Multi-factor authentication (MFA) will be deployed to the staff and students of UEF in phases by June 2021. MFA enables reliable identification of the Office 365 users of the university and prevents the phishing and abuse of usernames. Read more: https://studentuef.sharepoint.com/sites/newscenter/SitePages/Multi-factor-authentication-will-be-deployed-for-staff%2C-students%2C-and-other-groups-during-years-2020-2021.aspx (new tab).
Multi-factor authentication will be deployed for staff, students, and other groups during year 2020 Multi-factor authentication (MFA) will be deployed to the staff and students of UEF in phases during the year 2020. MFA enables reliable identification of the Office 365 users of the university and prevents the phishing and abuse of usernames. Public authorities […]
Every member of the university community is responsible for managing the documents and other data they handle, maintaining information security and data protection, and complying with the university’s information security rules and guidelines. The information security rules can be found on the intra (login required). Please familiarize yourself with the rules and instructions for data […]
