IT Hour | 07.October.2022 Cybersecurity Awareness Month

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Community Update

• Welcome new members!
•  Unanswered: printers in a mixed OS environment https://community.jumpcloud.com/t5/community-scripts/printers-in-a-mixed-os-environment/td-p/1485
• Unanswered: software management - deploy custom apps on Mac via JC https://community.jumpcloud.com/t5/software/software-management/td-p/1457  
• Link to community: https://bit.ly/jcitcmty 
• Link to slack lounge: https://bit.ly/3BBKow4

Meetup Update

• Chicago Meetups tentatively scheduled for 11/9 & 12/7 - save the date(s)!
• DC Meetups 11/16 & 12/14 - save the date(s)!
• Exploring dates for Raleigh, Seattle, Tel Aviv, Paris, London, aaaand Sydney! Sydney is among one of the new cities we will be launching groups for in Q4. More details to come!
•  Link to meetups: https://bit.ly/jcmeetup 

Product Releases

• MDM Expirations Widget on the Admin Portal Homepage - https://community.jumpcloud.com/t5/jumpcloud-products/new-mdm-expirations-widget-on-the-admin-portal... 
• Activity Tab On Device Overview Page and MacOS Patch Notification Preview - https://community.jumpcloud.com/t5/jumpcloud-products/product-updates-activity-tab-on-device-overvie... 
• BitLocker policy to optionally encrypt all local drives - live today: https://support.jumpcloud.com/support/s/article/bitlocker-policy & https://community.jumpcloud.com/t5/jumpcloud-products/encrypt-all-local-drives-with-jumpcloud-s-bitl...

Cybersecurity Awareness Month

• It's important to implement security best practices all year long but October is cybersecurity awareness month! Watch the episode for all of the tips, tricks, and realities that @nbushong shared in this week's episode. Nicole also reviewed details on building a security from the ground up including attaining visibility, assessing risk, and establishing policies.
• Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2022 PDF Guide
• Thanks to our audience for sharing additional resources in the comments to help keep users safe:
  • https://www.cisecurity.org/
  • https://downloads.cisecurity.org/#/
  • https://compliance.microsoft.com/compliancemanager?viewid=overview 

IT News

• Binance blockchain suffers $570 million hack (ars technica)
• Meta warns 1 million Facebook users who installed password-stealing apps (engadget)
• Teen Hacker Arrested For Uber and GTA 6 Breaches (it security guru)
• The Internet Archive Wants Your Help Building Its Collection of Amateur Radio Material (gizmodo)