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NEWS
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Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Great Lakes Region ITO Yahoo Group
Attention All Ohio Wing ITOs
The Great Lakes Region ITO, Lt Col Chris Smith has created a Yahoo Group for all Region ITOs to enable the sharing of information between all of the Region's ITOs. Please take the opportunity and join the Great Lakes ITO Yahoo Group and contibute to the constant improvement of Civil Air Patrol's IT resources.
Jeff Gortney 1Lt. CAP
Ohio Wing Director of IT
posted by Ohio Wing IT 7:55 PM
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Leo's Six Rules for Safe Computing
Here are Leo LaPorte's Six Rules for Safe Computing. Leo LaPorte is a well known technology expert, he used to host two shows on Tech TV, The Screensavers and Call for Help. He now does several Podcasts and his Web site is www.twit.tv.
1. Don’t open email attachments; even if it’s from someone you know. If you do get something from someone you know, make sure that they really sent it to you. Email attachments are the number one way viruses and trojan horses get into your email. You might also want to turn off HTML email in Outlook and other programs. HTML emails are just as dangerous as rogue web sites, and can spread infections just by previewing them.
2. Don’t click links in email. That link could lead you to a phishing site, or the link may lead you to install malicious software. Copy and paste links into your browser, or type them in by hand instead. Another reason to disable HTML email - the HTML hides the real destination of that seemingly innocuous link.
3. Don’t download files from places you aren’t absolutely sure are safe. Stick with the well known sites. Teeneagers who use filesharing software like BitTorrent, Azureus, Kazaa, Morpheus, Grokster, and Limewire, often unwittingly download spyware and trojans. If you must, quarantine all downloads then scan them a few days later with an updated anti-virus.
4. Update your OS regularly! Turn on automatic updates in OS X and Windows. Apply all critical updates immediately. Criminals often create hacks within 24 hours of Microsoft’s patches (these are called zero day exploits), so you need to protect yourself the day the patches appear.
5. Use a firewall. The best firewall is a hardware router - the kind you use to share an internet connection. Even if they’re not billed as firewalls, they are, and they’re quite effective. I also recommend turning on your operating system’s firewall - even if you have a router - but I don’t recommend third-party software firewalls. They cause more problems than they solve.
6. Never run as an administrator in any operating system. Administrators have way too many priveleges that malicious people/code can take advantage of. Run as a limited user as much as possible. Windows Vista, Linux, and Mac OSX allow you to run a majority of features, but with some additional safety, as a limited user.
posted by Ohio Wing IT 8:50 PM
Sunday, August 12, 2007
Information Technology Officer Specialty Track On-line Exams
Several members of Ohio Wing have asked where they can take the Information Technology Officer Specialty Track On-line exams. Here is the location of those tests: https://tests.cap.af.mil/newtests/test.cfm?grp=IT Remember, If you are a new member to Civil Air Patrol you must select a specialty track, CAP can use your IT Skills.
Jeff Gortney 1Lt. CAP
Ohio Wing Director of IT
posted by Ohio Wing IT 11:26 PM
Thursday, August 09, 2007
Information Technology Officer Specialty Track
Attention All CAP Members who love Technology and computers. Civil Air Patrol now has a great specialty track just for you. The Information Technology Officer specialty track will assist senior members in obtaining the position of Squadron, or Group ITO, or Wing Director of Technology.
As CAP continues to utilize Information Technology, such as WIMRS, WMU, and ARCHER to accomplish its missions for America, having well trained Information Technology Officers at all levels of the organization will enable Ohio Wing to best utilize this great resource.
If you are interested in pursuing this specialty track you can receive the Study Guide from here.
If you have any questions concerning this specialty track please feel free to contact 1Lt. Gortney.
Jeff Gortney 1Lt. CAP
Ohio Wing Director of IT
posted by Ohio Wing IT 10:43 AM
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Ohio Wing List Server
Several members of Ohio Wing have asked how to be added to the Ohio Wing List Server. This is an easy process, all you need to do is email Lt. Gortney the email address you want added to the server and he can add that email address to the List Server. Also if you want an email address removed from the List Server just email that email address to Lt. Gortney and he will take care of that request as well.
Jeff Gortney 1Lt. CAP
Director of IT
posted by Ohio Wing IT 12:33 AM
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Please Help Grow Civil Air Patrol
Attention All Members of Ohio Wing,
I am currently persuing my Masters in Business Administration from Malone College, and I need your help. I am enrolled in a Marketing Management class and my class project is to write up a marketing plan for increasing the membership of Civil Air Patrol. To better assist in this I am asking you to take a moment and fill out the attached survey. The survey is only 9 questions and can be edited with Microsoft Word. Please download the survey open it with Word and fill it out and then email the response back to me.
Please respond by April 15th.
Thank you again for your assistance.
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Jeff Gortney 1Lt. CAP
Ohio Wing Director of IT
posted by Ohio Wing IT 4:59 PM
Friday, March 23, 2007
Testing a New Calendar Application
Attention All Ohio Wing Members,
I am looking to replace our current Wing Calendar with a Google Calendar. Please take a moment and look at the Ohio Wing Calendar and let me know what you think.
Thank you for your assistance and feedback. I am also interested in any other features you would like to see made avaliable to the members of Ohio Wing.
Jeff Gortney 1Lt. CAP
Director of IT
posted by Ohio Wing IT 8:22 PM
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