Identity Crisis
This ID is your digital key to campus Wi-Fi, computer labs, and emails.
What is a LakerNet ID?
Between "Oswego2024" and "LkR_N3t#$wGo!," this one is the heavyweight champion of security.
What is "LkR_N3t#$wGo!"?
If a "Professor" emails you a job offer from a @gmail.com address instead of an @oswego.edu one, it’s definitely this.
What is a scam/phishing?
MFA stands for this three-word security feature.
What is Multi-Factor Authentication?
Your roommate begs for your password to print a paper. You should say this.
What is No?
To find your LakerNet ID, just look at your school email address and take everything located before this symbol.
What is the @ symbol?
Sticky notes fall off and notebooks get lost; this digital tool is the safest place to store complex passwords.
What is a Password Manager?
It sounds too good to be true: A job that asks you to deposit a check and buy equipment up front is a classic example of this type of fraud.
What is a Check Scam/Advance Fee Fraud?
Even if a hacker steals your password, they still can't get in because they don't have this, 'the second factor'.
What is your phone/device?
You see a USB drive labeled "Exam Answers" on the library floor. Plugging it in is a bad idea because it could contain this.
What is Malware/Virus?
You should visit this specific page to manage your password and MFA settings.
What is the Account Tools page?
If you suspect a hacker is in your account, logging out is good, but doing this is the only way to lock the door behind you.
What is changing your password?
If you receive a suspicious email, you should definitely report it to this department.
What is Campus Technology Services (CTS)?
You just bought the new iPhone 18; before you trade in your old phone, you must do this.
What is reconfigure your MFA?
Entering your password while on public Wi-Fi at a coffee shop is risky unless the website URL starts with these five letters.
What is HTTPS?