HCSD Phish Alert Button
Phishing is a form of social engineering where people try to fool other people into sending them money or revealing personal information online. The name comes from the idea of fishing: scammers send a message that acts as bait, hoping to “hook” someone. The HCSD Phish Alert Button (PAB) in Outlook is for faculty/staff to easily report suspicious emails and to reinforce our security culture. The button features our HC logo with a fishhook, and it will appear in all Outlook platforms: Outlook desktop client, Outlook browser client, and Outlook mobile apps. Click the PAB if you believe you have received a phishing email or any potentially dangerous email. The PAB should only be used to report emails you believe to have malicious intent and should not be used for marketing emails or spam.
To report an email as a Phish:
- Click the Phish Alert button while the email is open.
- A prompt will ask you if you want to report the email as a phishing email. Click Phish Alert to report the email.
The email you report will be automatically deleted from your inbox and forwarded to the Technology Department for analysis. If you report an email in error, you can retrieve the email from your Trash/Deleted Items folder.
Why should I use it?
Reporting emails will help keep our district network and data safe. Because the potential phishing emails you report are forwarded to the Technology Department, we will be aware of phishing attacks that reach faculty and staff, whuch hepls us to better defend against them. You are an important part of the process of keeping the district safe from cybercriminals!