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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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A new report from the Georgia Tech Information Security Center (GTISC) advises that there will be an increase in cybersecurity threats in 2012. The report from GTISC, which is co-directed by Seymour Goodman, Professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, warns of search poisoning, mobile web-based attacks, and hijacked computers. Source: Scientific American, October 14, 2011