Information Security At NCC

NCC's Commitment to Information Security

Northampton Community College is committed to safeguarding student data and ensuring your information is in your control. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact ITS at helpdesk@northampton.edu. Learn more about how to keep your information secure and review our helpful tips and resources for staying up-to-date with what to watch out for.

 

Scam Alert: Job Offers & Financial Aid

NCC students, faculty, and staff are being targeted by scam emails and text messages related to fake jobs and financial aid. Stay alert and protect your personal information.

 

Be cautious if a message:

  • Offers a job without a real interview, or sounds too good to be true
  • Uses only text or email to “interview”
  • Claims to be from NCC but uses a non-NCC email
  • Asks for banking info, SSN, or payments
  • Sends a check and asks you to send money back

All legitimate NCC student jobs are posted through Handshake or verified college channels. NCC will never:

  • Ask for banking or personal information by text or email
  • Hire students without a formal process
  • Interview through messaging apps

When in doubt:

  • Do not respond or click links
  • Do not share information or send money
  • Report suspicious messages immediately

 

Change Your Passwords Monthly

One of the easiet ways to ensure your accounts remain uncompromised is to change your password monthly. At NCC, we recommend changing the password to your NCC acount to update Workday, E-mail, Brightspace, NCCGo, and all other single sign-on NCC logins. Please remember your NCC password should not match your personal passwords and should be at least 12 characters long.

 

Update Your Password Now

 

Set Up MUlti-Factor Authentication


Helpful Tips & Resources

Listed below are some of the tips, resources and FAQs we've compiled to help you maintain data security. If you have any questions, or need assistance, contact us at helpdesk@northampton.edu. Email and phone support is available 6 days a week:

Monday - Wednesday: 8:00 am - 7:00 pm ET
Thursday - Friday: 9:00 am - 7:00 pm ET
Saturday: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm ET
Sunday: Closed

  • Hackers can guess weak passwords such as a pet’s name
  • A breach in one system can lead to breach of another, so use different passwords for bank, social media and here at NCC
  • Don’t use the same password for multiple accounts
  • Make passwords that are easy for you to remember but hard for someone to guess (the longer it is, the better)

  • Designed to get you to give up your password, or banking information.
  • Often come from an address that appears to be a contact or trusted source
  • Some have malicious links or attachments that could contain a virus.
  • Some purport to be lucrative job offer and ask for personal email address
  • Just delete! If it seems too good to be true it often is!
  • Watch this 2 minute video on Phishing

  • Running outdated software and applications can allow devices to be infected
  • This can lead to theft of your data, personal info, and damage to device/PC
  • Keep operating systems patched with latest updates (Windows, MacOS, Linux, Android, etc.)
  • Run anti-virus and keep up to date
  • Don’t download programs from unknown sites

  • If victim of phishing attack or scam, file a complaint with the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center
  • If bank info is compromised, inform your bank and local police
  • If email is unexpected/unsolicited, do not follow links! Just delete it!
  • Scammers stalk social media: use discretion when posting personal info
  • Remain vigilant and learn more at www.staysafeonline.org

Do not run any P2P or Torrent programs on the campus network. Do not attempt to install software on a college-owned computer (contact the help desk instead).

The college uses 2FA as an additional level of security. Some systems require a username and password, as well as a second method to verify your identity (such as texting a temporary code to your mobile device).

Pick a strong password by thinking of a sentence and taking 1 st letter of each word.  Then add last 4 number of friends cell.  Ex: I really enjoy playing football.  Password would be Irepf4587. Add a special character for even greater strength, like @ ! & _. To keep track of your passwords, consider using a password manager like LastPass or BitWarden.

Always look for the "HTTPS" lock icon next to the URL for the site you are visiting. This ensures that the website you’re using is using encryption to keep your data safe while it is in transit. Learn More 

Setting Up Multi-Factor Authentication MFA

Next Steps

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