EITS and UGA emergency personnel participate in simulation-based training for command post personnel

Bert DeSimone, EITS Communications, participated in a three-day training seminar focusing on Homeland Security Presidential Directive Five (HSPD-5) mandate and the individual components of the Incident Command System (ICS) and the National Incident Management System.

DeSimone participated in the Intelligence Section, along with Jim Williams, Lieutenant at Athens-Clarke County PD, Homeland Security Coordinator, and Pete Golden, UGA Office of Security and Emergency Preparedness, Emergency Operations Coordinator. The Intelligence Section is responsible for gathering, evaluating, and disseminating intelligence data during an incident.

The session concluded with a simulation of an emergency incident using a model campus where attendees were able to test what they had learned in the session.

The training was provided by the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA). IACLEA is an association that advances public safety for educational institutions by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services. For more information on IACLEA, see:

http://www.iaclea.org/

EITS participates in the Junior Youth Apprenticeship

The Junior Youth Apprenticeship program is a collaboration with Clarke County School District, Athens Clarke County Leisure Services, and Northeast Georgia Regional Development Center. This is one of the programs offered through UGA's HR Workforce Development efforts.

The Junior Young Apprenticeship Program is geared toward fourteen, fifteen, and sixteen year old students only and takes place in the summer. Each potential apprentice completes a week long training Career Services training program during their spring break. After this week, the students interview for the summer positions.

EITS is one of many departments on campus participating in the Junior Youth Apprenticeship program. The first year of the program consists of 26 students. Two students, Rashad McDonald and Jason Ye, are working in ITPDS this summer. Rashad and Jason are both interested in pursuing IT careers. They have been learning about databases, data management, and project management. In addition to working in ITPDS, Rashad and Jason have been participating in job shadowing opportunities across EITS to learn more about application development, operations in the student learning center, operations in the Boyd Data Center, and desktop support.

http://www.hr.uga.edu/workdev/workforce.html

Ruthann Benyshek

Ruthann Cruce Benyshek died Sunday July 6, 2008 after battling cancer. Ruthann was born June 24, 1948 in Okemah, Okla. She received both her B.A. and M.A. degrees in English at Oklahoma State University and moved to Statesboro in 1975 where she taught high school briefly before moving to Athens in 1976. Ruthann worked for the University of Georgia at the Institute of Government, COSMIC, University Computing and Networking Services, and EITS until her retirement in 2003. Ruthann was also the editor of this publication for many years.

She was an incredibly giving person and spent many years volunteering locally for the American Heart Association and the Athens Regional Library.

http://www.legacy.com/OnlineAthens/Obituaries.asp?
Page=Lifestory&PersonId=113009582

Help desk tip: I'm having problems installing F-secure. How do I resolve this?

F-Secure will not install on your system if you have any other Anti-Virus or Anti-Spyware products installed. Therefore, before trying to install make sure you un-install any programs that fit either of these two categories. You will be able to install anti-spyware programs and they will function properly, but only after you install F-Secure. For complete details on resolving this problem, please see:

https://infosec.uga.edu/faq/index.php?t=sq&uin=16

Send us your news

If you have an IT-related news item that you'd like to see in the EITS Weekly News, we'd like to hear from you. Please send your submission or contact us at:

itnews@uga.edu

Happy 20th birthday, modern Internet!

"The NSFNet Backbone has reached a state where we would like to more officially let operational traffic on." Twenty years ago, on the evening of June 30th, a network engineer named Hans-Werner Braun sent that text in an an e-mail message to users of the National Science Foundation's fledgling NSFNet project. The network's main lines, or backbone, had been upgraded, he said. And that, according to Supercomputing Online today, was the birth of the modern Internet.

http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?
id=3138&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en

New ways to connect data, computers, and people

Edward Seidel, an astrophysicist, will lead the National Science Foundation’s efforts to advance computer science by exploring new ways to connect data, computers, and people starting this September. He says Cyberinfrastructure, or CI — which forges these connections — is necessary for success in industry and academe.

http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?
id=3146&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en

Top tips to extend your laptop battery life

So you think you know all the tricks to get your laptop's battery charge to last longer? Don't use your optical drive, dim the screen, et cetera? Well, there’s a ton more you can do, not only to get more life out of a charge but to extend the overall life of the battery. Here are 19 tips (new and old) that help you do just that.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2324229,00.asp

Search engine, ChunkIt, marketed to college students

A new search engine from TigerLogic Corporation, of Irvine Calif., is being pushed to scholars and researchers, among others. Called, ChunkIt, the search engine refines results from other search engines and databases, and displays chunks of text surrounding the key words.

http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?id=3166
&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en

Point-and-click archaeology

Armchair archaeologists will have ringside, or dig-side, seats this month at university explorations of the world’s richest collection of rock art and the ruins of a Panamanian village that may once have been spotted by Christopher Columbus’s son, among other expeditions. Instead of swatting mosquitos, all they will have to do is click a mouse.

http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?
id=3134&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en

Student laptops remain popular objects of theft

Students may not think the faltering U.S. economy affects them - at least until their personal belongings go missing. With the rising prices of gas, laptops and food, thieves see students' items as potential targets. Laptops are stolen the most on campus, but anything left unattended is at risk.

http://media.www.redandblack.com/media/storage/paper871/news/2008/
07/03/News/Student.Laptops.Remain.Popular.Objects.Of.Theft-3387653.shtml

Web security report outlines structure of cybercrime gangs

Hacker community is evolving around a mafia-like structure. Individual hackers and loosely organized groups are being replaced by well-structured organizations complete with a well-insulated boss and captains running the operation.

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Web-Security-Report-Outlines-Structure
-of-Cybercrime-Gangs/?kc=EWKNLNAV07162008STR5

Trojan lurks, waiting to steal admin passwords

Writers of a password-stealing Trojan horse program have found that a little patience can lead to a lot of infections.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/070108-trojan-lurks-waiting-to
-steal.html ?netht=rn_070208&nladname=070208dailynewspmal

Disinfecting a spyware-riddled PC

What do I do if I suspect someone is controlling my PC? When my IP address has been changed without my knowledge? My boot-up process is getting harder unless I unplug the Ethernet cable... It sounds like some spyware or other unwelcome software has gotten installed on your computer.

http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2008/033108nutter.html
?t51hb&netht=mr_070208&nladname=070208dailynewspmal

Microsoft pushes workarounds to dodge zero-day attack

While users await a patch for a flaw in the ActiveX control for the Snapshot Viewer for Microsoft Office Access, Microsoft has suggested a number of workarounds to dodge the problem.

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Microsoft-Pushes-Workarounds-to-
Dodge-ZeroDay-Attack/?kc=EWKNLNAV070908STR2

For the latest virus and security information

Visit the EITS antivirus Web site for the latest campus virus advisories and fixes:

http://www.virus.uga.edu

To learn more about security issues at UGA and around the world, please see the Office of Information Security Web site:

http://www.infosec.uga.edu/

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