IT Reminder - Outlook Email Cybersecurity Updates  

 

External email tags and banners

To provide an additional level of cybersecurity, CSUF has implemented [External] email tags and banners to help users identify email origins.

  • Emails received from outside our campus email system will have a cautionary orange banner "[External Email Use Caution and Confirm Sender]" and [External] in the subject line.
  • Emails received from external campus partners are identified with a cautionary blue banner “[CSUFexternal service. Use caution and confirm sender.]”

Report a suspicious email within Outlook

A new “Report As Suspicious” button has been added to incoming email messages in Outlook. If you receive a suspicious email, use this button to alert the Information Security Office.  If you believe your account has been compromised, contact the IT Help Desk   IMMEDIATELY!

When you receive a suspicious email that claims to have been sent by IT and instruct you to do something, please call the IT Help Desk and verify.

 

For security best practices, please visit the   Information Security Office website.