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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 2015
CCC scholarship applications available online
For students planning to attend Clat-
sop Community College in the 2015-16
academic year, the scholarship applica-
tion is now available online. Students
may apply now through April 24.
A list of more than 50 scholarships
currently available is at www.clatsopcc.
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The college awards scholarships
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need, academic accomplishments or
other institutional or donor require-
ments.
“Too many people don’t think col-
lege is an option, so they’re surprised
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to pay for college,” said Lloyd Mueller,
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dents should apply now, even if they’re
not 100 percent certain they will attend
Clatsop.”
According to Mueller, the college
awarded nearly 600 students around
$3.5 million in grants, scholarships,
work-study opportunities and student
loans this year. The college has support
available, Mueller said, but students
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Free Application for Federal Student
Aid (FAFSA) and applying for admis-
sion to the college.
“Then apply for every scholarship
you can,” he said. “Treat it like a part-
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cially rewarding.”
Mueller said scholarships available
include institutional awards and schol-
arships made possible by donations
through the Clatsop Community Col-
lege Foundation.
The CCC Foundation holds more
than 30 local scholarship funds that
will provide approximately $81,500 in
scholarships to CCC students next year.
Scholarships from annual gifts and en-
dowed funds are awarded based on do-
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students nearing degree completion or
for students who are not eligible for the
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The CCC Foundation receives indi-
vidual gifts throughout the year as well
as grants that support annual scholar-
ship awards. The foundation’s annual
fundraising event, the Arts & Experi-
ence Dinner and Auction that will be
held on April 18, is also a major source
of support for CCC students. For infor-
mation about the CCC Foundation and
creating a scholarship fund to support
local students, contact Patricia Warren,
director of college advancement, at
503-338-2306 or pwarren@clatsopcc.
edu
Additional scholarship application
information and assistance is avail-
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ple believed to be related
to the incident, but not the
injuries and taking items suspects who entered the
from the home, according house and assaulted the
to police.
victims.
The two to three possi-
Three people have been
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in a gold GMC Jimmy police investigate.
with pink decals on the
Warrenton Police Chief
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ple in the car is believed to on foot or found another
be a possible hostage, ac- vehicle. Warrenton High
cording to police.
School and Grade School
“There is a possibility are in Lock Out.
that they have taken one of
“I just know there were
the occupants of the apart- possibly two or three (sus-
ment with them,” Johnston pects) in the vehicle,”
said.
Workman said.
At 8:48 a.m., a Seaside
Astoria Police is con-
detective found the suspect tinuing to investigate. The
vehicle at Arnie’s Café in Clatsop County Major
Warrenton, but the vehicle Crime Team is assisting in
was unoccupied.
the investigation.
Astoria Police, War-
“We are still trying to
renton Police and the get our arms around ev-
Clatsop County Sheriff’s erything that happened,”
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Oregon Health Board
to meet in Astoria
The Oregon Health Policy
Board will hold its month-
ly meeting from 8:30 a.m.
to noon Tuesday at Astoria
City Hall, 1095 Duane St.
The board will receive a brief
legislative update and have
an opportunity to hear from
the local community through
a series of focused panels on
health system transformation,
public health and behavioral
health. Public testimony be-
gins at 11:50 a.m.
Members of the public
are welcome to attend in
person or may attend via the
listen-only telephone line at
1-888-808-6929, participant
code 604851#.
A link to a recording of
the meeting will be posted on
the board’s meeting page at
www.oregon.gov/oha/OHPB/
Pages/2015-OHPB-Meetings.
aspx
Business applications due Tuesday
The Oregon Technology
Business Center, in partner-
ship with the Clatsop Com-
munity College Small Busi-
ness Development Center,
is launching an interactive
video incubation program
for entrepreneurs in Clat-
sop County. The four-month
program, beginning this
month, is designed to help
startup companies grow
quickly by connecting them
with experts from the Small
Business Development Cen-
ter, the Oregon Technology
Business Center and suc-
cessful entrepreneurs.
The program is being
funded by a grant from the
Oregon Community Foun-
dation Fund and will be of-
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Falls, Coos Bay and Clatsop
County. Its goal is to grow
successful businesses in ru-
ral Oregon. This is the sec-
ond time the program has
been offered in the North
Coast region. It’s been ex-
panded to other rural areas
in the state based on the
success of the initial pro-
gram in 2014.
Every two weeks, the Or-
egon Technology Business
Story will host live video
training sessions bringing
together the entrepreneurs,
its staff, college staff and
expert guest speakers. Be-
tween biweekly video con-
ferences, mentoring by tele-
phone conferencing will be
offered.
The program costs $250.
Once the business owner
completes the four-month
program, they receive a $75
refund. The program will
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be limited to four entrepre-
neurs in each area.
Who should apply?
All entrepreneurs who are
building “growth” business-
es are encouraged to. The
term “growth” is for busi-
nesses looking to build and
expand beyond their local
area.
The registration deadline
is Tuesday.
For registration informa-
tion, contact the Small Busi-
ness Development Center’s
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Leahy at 503-338-2402 or
kleahy@clatsopcc.edu. In-
formation is also available
at www.otbc.org
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Stefan Richards, Oregon’s
State employees do not chief information security of-
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might have this vulnerability cols are known to be vulner-
because although some infor- able.
mation technology work is
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centralized at the Department there’s SSL 2 out there,” Rich-
of Administrative Services, ards said Wednesday. He add-
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The EO Media Group/ woman for the Department
Pamplin Media Group Capi- of Justice said, in these cas-
tal Bureau tested more than a es, they need to assess how it
dozen websites and found sev- would affect the public when
eral with outdated encryption they transition off the outdated
protocols and other weakness- encryption protocol because
es. Most of the websites tested many people still use outdated
were on a list of vulnerable versions of web browsers that
websites that a private web would not display websites
developer sent the Department with newer technology.
of Administrative Services in
For example, Richards
early February.
said, people with Windows
For example, the Employ- XP, which runs up to Internet
ment Department website still Explorer 6, would not be able
uses the encryption protocol to use that browser to view
TLS 1.0 that has been known websites with updated encryp-
to be vulnerable for years, tion technology.
including at a portal where
“We receive nearly a $1
people are asked to enter their million a day in child support
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ment of Human Services em- Edmunson wrote in an email.
ployees uses another older “We are currently in the pro-
protocol, SSL 2, although the cess of updating our system,
agency’s chief information and we are always trying to
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site does not contain sensitive needs. Any quick changes to
information and the agency our system can have an imme-
plans to upgrade it in a couple diate impact on Oregonians —
of weeks.
especially those who are using
The EO Media Group/ older smart phones, iPads, etc.
Pamplin Media Group Capital Older computers and proces-
Bureau found two other state sors can’t always support the
websites — the child support higher security measures.”
payment portal at the Oregon
That issue has not stopped
Department of Justice and the some state agencies from up-
vehicle registration renewal grading their website security.
portal at the Department of For example, the state De-
Motor Vehicles — using a partment of Revenue website
newer, but still outdated and where people can pay their
vulnerable, encryption tech- taxes,
www.payortax.com,
nology called SSL 3.
uses one of the more secure
“That does sound bad!” Ja- encryption protocols.
cob Hoffman-Andrews, senior
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staff technologist for the Elec- Pamplin Media Group Cap-
tronic Frontier Foundation, ital Bureau tested select state
wrote in an email Wednesday websites using a free online
after he learned of the situ- tool from the cybersecurity
ation. “It’s not likely to lead company Qualys.
to bulk data breaches, but it
The Department of Justice
means that individual’s data is actually started to transition
at risk whenever they are ac- way from SSL 3 approximate-
ly six months ago, and child
support is the last area to re-
ceive the upgrades. “It sounds
like this has been a slowly
rolling process,” Edmunson
said Thursday.
Attorney General Ellen
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cybersecurity as an import-
ant issue, and is pushing for
the Legislature to pass a bill
that would expand protec-
tions for consumers’ personal
data. The legislation would
also allow the state Depart-
ment of Justice to pursue civil
penalties against individuals
and organizations that fail to
comply.
David House, a DMV
spokesman, said the vehicle
registration renewal portal is
handled by the Department of
Administrative Services and
the contractor NIC Inc. The
Oregon Department of Trans-
portation where the DMV
is housed did make a secu-
rity improvement on its end
Wednesday, when the agency
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pired March 31.
Richards said even if the
Department of Administrative
Services where he works de-
cided the entire state govern-
ment should switch to a newer,
more secure encryption tech-
nology, it could not order all
agencies to make the change.
DAS is currently assessing
how many people who use old
versions of Internet Explorer
and other web browsers that
would be cut off from state
websites if agencies upgrade
to technology that doesn’t
work with those old browsers.
If the state tomorrow
stopped supporting old ver-
sions of web browsers that still
use older encryption, “we’d
have to be willing to have as
much as 29 percent of our cit-
izens not accessing our sites,”
Richards said. And despite
known vulnerabilities, “You’ll
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For approximately a
month, the state has been as-
sessing the impact that an
update would have on people
with old web browsers. Benja-
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er in Portland, contacted the
Department of Administrative
Services Feb. 6 and told staff
he had noticed encryption pro-
tocols were outdated. Rich-
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look into the issue, but it was
also his understanding em-
ployees at the state data cen-
ter were already aware of the
outdated encryption on some
websites and were working on
a solution.
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partment, Legislative and
Public Affairs Manager An-
drea Fogue said the agency has
been forced to continue using
TLS 1.0 because its computer
servers are so old. The agen-
cy suffered an unrelated bulk
data breach in October that
affected more than 800,000
people. It is still under inves-
tigation by the Oregon State
Police and FBI.
The agency is replacing its
servers as part of an IT mod-
ernization project, but she de-
clined to provide the age of the
old servers because that might
reveal vulnerabilities that at-
tackers could exploit. Fogue
said IT employees have taken
additional steps to encrypt the
sensitive information entered
by people who use their web-
site so even if an attacker in-
tercepted the information, “it
would take years” to decipher.
“This points to why this is
such a high priority for us that
we’re taking on this IT mod-
ernization project,” Fogue
said. “It’s something that we
are not only aware of, but it’s
a very high priority for us to
address.”
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