News for the Rutgers IT community—September 5, 2023

Fall into the semester with back-to-school tech tips

The fall semester is upon us, which means it’s time to prepare the university community, especially students, for all things tech at Rutgers with this back-to-school tech checklist. Several important tech tips are in one place to help make the semester a great one.

What you need to know about "smishing"

Smishing (SMS + phishing) is one of the latest attempts by cybercriminals to steal your information online via fraudulent text messages. It’s important to be actively aware of this threat and share how to handle it with others in the Rutgers community.

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Learn Adobe Illustrator basics through LinkedIn Learning

Looking to create graphics on your own or sharpen your pre-existing skills? The Rutgers community can take advantage of the free LinkedIn Learning subscription to view a variety of graphic design video courses.

Spread the word about Rutgers IT Tech Guides

The Rutgers IT Tech Guides are an extremely useful tool for students, faculty, and staff to get familiar with the resources available to them through Rutgers IT. This back-to-school season, we encourage you to share the Rutgers Student Tech Guides YouTube video within your communities to help spread the word.

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Video conferencing and smart farming systems with Junil Park

Junil Park, a telecommunications analyst in OIT, installs and manages video conference rooms and video solutions in his day-to-day. Could you guess he is also working on a farming technology passion project?

Interested in being featured in an IT staff spotlight? Send an email to itcomm@rutgers.edu.

From threat hunting and cybersecurity to keyboards and guitars with Michael Matos

Michael Matos, a manager of the Incident Detection and Response team within OIT's Information Security Office, works to fight off cybercriminals by day, while enjoying playing guitar and piano with his family at night.

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