March 19, 2012 Issue 4/Volume 1

JAMAICA CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION

FORTNIGHTLY NEWSLETTER

ISSUE 4, VOLUME 1

INSIDE

RDI Tripple Buzz

Staff at Festival Song Semi-finals & Earthstrong

Get with the Programme & Guess what winner

Staff at Children Gospel Semi-finals

Audit Vibes

March 19 Issue 4/ Volume 1

All email accounts created can be hacked into at any time without any warning, leaving

devastating consequences. But what is email hacking, you may be

asking? This is unauthorized access to your email account, in other

words, ‘breaking into your email account’. In order to strengthen the

security of your email accounts the following tips are furnished. The list is

by no means exhaustive, and more tips are available on the internet.

1. Exercise caution while sending sensitive information by email as

you don’t remain in control of the information contained in an

email after you send it.

2. Always select a strong password for your email account. Your password must include

a combination of letters (uppercase as well as lowercase), numbers, and special

symbols (such as $, @,!, #, *). The length of the password should never be less than

eight characters; preferably it should be 12 characters long or even more. Never use

your own name, user name, company name, date of birth, etc., or any other such

thing that can be easily identified with you, as part of your password. Don’t use

complete words (that can be found in dictionaries) as part of password. Never use

the same password on more than one email accounts or other web

services.

3. Never reply to emails asking for your email password and/or

suspicious emails, so do not accept email (Gmail, Ymail, Hotmail

etc.) invites as hackers put their secondary mails in invites and can

easily know your password by using ‘forgot password option’ and

later get it in their inbox.

4. Don’t access your email account from public computers (such as in a cyber cafe) or

insecure wireless networks. Such public computers are infamous for being infested

with viruses, spyware, keyloggers, etc., which can steal your password as you type it.

Finally: never share your password; use password reset information in your email account

settings; use good security and anti-virus software to take care of spyware programs on

your computer; put up a good secret question that is easy to remember and known only by

you; and the better option is to keep changing password and secret questions to keep

hackers guessing.

Sources: Digital World, http://cyberspirits.net/google. Accessed March 19, 2012.

http://www.tekgazet.com/important-tips-to-secure-your-email-accoun. Accessed March

19, 2012.

EARTHSTRONG

Pamella Rodney

Janet Lamonth

Happy Birthday, nuff blessings!

March 19 Issue 4/Volume 1

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We are the 2012

Festival Song

Team Members!

‘Come on team, we

have to get it right

this year!’

We are still

waiting!

March 19 Issue 3/Volume 1

GET WITH THE PGET WITH THE PGET WITH THE PGET WITH THE PROGRAMME!! ROGRAMME!! ROGRAMME!! ROGRAMME!!

Department updates

• The Children’s Gospel and Jamaica Gospel finalists have been chosen • First World Reggae Dance elimination and family fun day is Monday April 9 ,

(Easter Monday) at Colonel’s Cove in St. Thomas

Great things are happening

Mr. Gregory Simms, Music Specialist, is representing Jamaica in Trinidad. He was invited

to adjudicate and lend his expertise to the Trinidad & Tobago Music Festival. He has also been appointed to the World Council of Choirs, KUDOS! Mr. Simms

Ms. Lenneth Richards, Specialist- Traditional Folk Forms, will be leaving for Canada in

June to conduct a Traditional Folk Forms Workshop. CONGRATULATIONS!! Miss Richards

Answer to the question: How many body parts do we have with three letters?

1. Arm, 2. Ear, 3. Eye, 4. Gum, 5. Hip, 6. Jaw 7. Leg, 8. Lip, 9.Rib, 10. Toe

Something to tickle your brain

What is in seasons, seconds, centuries and minutes but not in

decades, years or days?

Answer will be provided in the next issue of Abeng

GUESS WHAT FEATURE

Melicia Davis –Accounts Department

Winner of the quiz ‘quench me’

Answer:- ‘an orange igloo’

March 19 Issue 3/Volume 1

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The World Reggae Dance Championship one of the fastest growing products of the

Commission is now in its elimination process; which will take the form of ‘Family Fun

Days’. Coordinator Juliet Cowan-Morgan is asking everyone to ‘spread the word’,

promote ‘di ting’ and bring the kids!

• Monday April 9, 2012 (Easter Monday) Eastern Region – Family Fun Day & World Reggae Dance Audition Colonel Cove, St. Thomas @ 10:00am

• Sunday, May 6, 2012

Northern Region - Family Fun Day & World Reggae Dance Audition Priory St. Ann @ 10:00am

‘Together we can!’

Trad. Folk helping the Gospel

Department!

March 19 Issue 4/Volume 1

AUDIT VIBES!! AUDIT VIBES!! AUDIT VIBES!! AUDIT VIBES!!

Indicator of Fraud continues

Opportunity is generally provided through weaknesses in the internal controls such as inadequate or lack of:

• Supervision and review • Separation of duties

• Management approval • System controls

Pressure can be imposed due to:

• Personal financial problems

• Personal vices such as gambling, drugs, extensive debt, etc. • Unrealistic deadlines and performance goals

Rationalization occurs when the individual develops a justification for their fraudulent

activities. The rationalization varies by case and individual. Some examples include:

• “I really need this money and I’ll put it back when I get my paycheck” • “My job is not paying me enough so if I take this money I am entitle to it” • “Everyone is doing it, so why not me”

• “I just can’t afford to lose everything – my home, car, everything”

Audit Unit “Adding Value to the organization by empowering the minds of the internal

stakeholder”