How to access the training:  To start your Cyber Security Awareness Training please login at:  https://sso.securingthehuman.org/kingcounty/  Your account for Securing the Human:  Username: King County email address  Password: King County email password  For more information about Cyber Security please visit our Sharepoint site:  https://kc1.sharepoint.com/teams/ITISRC/ISRCPUB 

How to access the training:  To start your Cyber Security Awareness Training please login at:  https://sso.securingthehuman.org/kingcounty/  Your account for Securing the Human:  Username: King County email address  Password: King County email password  For more information about Cyber Security please visit our Sharepoint site:  https://kc1.sharepoint.com/teams/ITISRC/ISRCPUB 

Phishing is hitting us hard at King County. A common phishing tactic used by the bad guys is sending emails in which the display name in the “From” field looks like it’s been sent by someone within King County. But that email address is fake and actually from someone trying to phish you. Unfortunately, we don’t always notice when such an email is a phishing attempt. That makes us vulnerable to viruses and other problem. To help you identify these phishing scams, KCIT is adopting a new security feature to easily let… Read More

KCIT has removed the ability for anyone to create anonymous links within King County OneDrive sites, document folders and documents. This change aligns with Microsoft’s security enhancements for OneDrive and helps ensure our external customers authenticate when accessing information shared with them from OneDrive.    From now on, external customers who have had data shared with them from OneDrive will need to have a Microsoft Live account or an Office 365 account from their company to connect to any OneDrive data shared with them.     Existing, anonymous links shared earlier will no longer work.    Please contact… Read More

Recent cyber-attacks have caused an emergency at one local city. The type of attack is called ransomware, and it’s is a form of malicious software that takes over your computer and prevents you from accessing files until you pay a ransom.  Think before you click  We can stop these attacks. The most common way ransomware enters computer networks is through email. Often, scammers include malicious links or attachments in emails that look harmless.  To avoid this trap, please:  Do not click on links or attachments from senders that you do not recognize. Be… Read More

Did you know King County employees are not only frequently targeted by malicious phishing emails trying to get our logon information, but are also often targeted by emails containing malicious attachments? Our employees get hit with about 150 emails containing malicious attachments every day.  The types of malicious attachments we are frequently hit with include PDFs, Word and Excel files. If one of our employees’ accounts got infected malicious files, it would not only affect their computer, but potentially the entire county system. Lately, you may have experienced a delay opening attachments that is related… Read More

Today, KCIT is upgrading the AVST voicemail system used for automated attendants and voice mailboxes that are not on Skype. The main number in the system to make changes to auto attendant or voicemail recordings and to check voicemail messages will change from 206-296-0400 to 206-477-7799. Non-Skype voicemail users: You will no longer receive messages about any waiting notifications on your phone. You will be able to call in to get messages. If you need message notification, let UC/Telecom know and they can program an alternative method to notify you of messages. You must… Read More

Caller ID spoofing – the practice where a caller masquerades as someone else by falsifying the number that appears on the recipient’s caller ID display – is on the rise. King County phone numbers are randomly being impacted by the robocallers using these spoofed numbers. KCIT is aware of the issue – so there is no need to inform the Help Desk – but they are unable to stop the calls. If you know the call is a spoofed phone number, do not answer the call. Below are some tips from the Federal Communications Commission… Read More