Cyber criminals are constantly devising new and creative ways to compromise the University’s or your personal data. To reduce the risk of cyber-attacks, ITS is implementing two new strategies to protect our intellectual property and sensitive information.

Starting on Friday, March 23, when faculty, staff, and students receive an email that comes from outside of the drake.edu domain, they will see the label [External Email] at the beginning of the message.

This is an automated process that looks only at the sender, and not at the content of the message. This labeling does not imply that the email is malicious; it just alerts you that the email is not coming from a Drake email address, even if it appears to be.

In addition, a new security enhancement designed to protect employee direct deposit and bank information will be implemented. The direct deposit update page on blueView will only be accessible while on campus. When away from the campus, the following message will appear: “This page is only accessible from the Drake University campus. If you need to modify your direct deposit information, please try again from campus or contact the Human Resources department for assistance.”

For questions about the new external email labeling, contact ITS at informationsecurity@drake.edu. For questions about the changes to the direct deposit page, please contact HR at drakehr@drake.edu.

— Peter Lundstedt, ITS and Linda Feiden, Human Resources