IT News

Wendy Epley, Principal Analyst with the Information Security Office-Governance, Risk, and Compliance (ISO-GRC) team attended a social event in Washington, D.C. sponsored by the International Sanctions and Export Control Society (IS&ECS).

Today’s libraries at the University of Arizona are not what we might remember as recently as five years ago. The University of Arizona Libraries (UAL) are defined by their digital systems and collections, especially as an R1 academic research library system that has had explosive growth of digital services since the inception of the Student Success District.

Now more than ever, there is a great importance for all employees to take a break from time to time and get to know people, not only for their skills and contributions to the University but get to know the person behind the work.

Were you one of the 500,000 social media users across the United States that was impacted by the social media outage from earlier this month? Meta encountered issues locking many people out of their accounts, with several users still encountering those issues today.

Spring break is unfortunately an opportune time for hackers, schemers, and generally dishonest people. There are many proactive steps you can take to protect yourself and your loved ones.

The U-System, a service to create websites and manage secure file transfers, had login access disabled on June 1, 2023. U-System websites will remain online until June 30, 2024, when they will be decommissioned.

Defrauders have a penchant for identifying the tools that people rely on the most, which is why it is unfortunately common to see scammers slipping into your emails via phishing, text message, and social media accounts. QR codes are the latest tool being attacked by the dishonest

Within UITS, employees often live and breathe technology, but the reality of the employees is that they have incredible and unique talents outside of their day-to-day jobs and responsibilities. Elizabeth Criger, Infrastructure and IT Services Coordinator II, is just one example of someone exercising skills and passions, and that has recently paid off in some great recognition through the On Our Time Art Exhibit.

In February, we proudly observe Black History Month within our division and throughout the University. This month, it’s an honor to elevate Mark Dean’s accomplishments and think about him and his work as we work on our full color PCs, calculate an equation, and do work that would not be as streamlined and visually pleasing without his inventions.

On Friday, Feb. 16, the University will implement a streamlined NetID+ two-factor authentication experience, Duo Universal Prompt, to simplify the verification process, increase security and provide a more user-friendly interface.