Information Technology students conducted security diagnostic checks on notebook, tablets, and smartphones for the Missoula community during the week of October 23rd. General recommendations for all users was to keep operating system and applications files up to date, make use of a firewall, and always use up-to-date anti-malware software. All participants were exposed to a social engineering exercise as a part of the community
security diagnostic activity. Social engineering remains the leading cause of cybersecurity-related
attacks.
"This is an actual issue that people used to be more aware of and what
we do here is check out people's computers and ask questions about their
security settings on their computers," said IT student Sam Bartsch.
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