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The goal of the U’s phishing and cybersecurity awareness efforts is to educate employees (and soon, students) in a safe practice environment about phishing, social engineering, and other online threats so they can better protect themselves and the university against increasingly brazen criminals.

UIT’s Robert Lake likes to center his Zoom meeting backgrounds around a theme. He shows up in costume, often with background music, props, and even in makeup — much to the delight of his colleagues.

Amazon, Google, and other online businesses know that you are the key to their success, so they focus on collecting information about you. Cybercriminals do the same. This Identity Management Day, the ISO encourages you to take extra steps to protect your online accounts and devices.

Since the June 2021 project kickoff, the One U PeopleSoft Finance Transformation Project team has worked nonstop to engage dozens of main campus and University of Utah Health stakeholders in Phase 2 activities.

Tax season is here again and so are tax scams. Criminals use tax season as an opportunity to phish us in emails, to socially engineer us in other mediums, and to steal our identities in a variety of ways.

Cisco AnyConnect virtual private network (VPN) infrastructure will be retired on May 12, 2022. University of Utah and University of Utah Health VPN users must install and start to use the Palo Alto GlobalProtect VPN client before this date.

The Strategic Information Technology Committee (SITC) met on March 8, the Enterprise Web Advisory Council (EWAC) met on March 14, the Architecture and New Technology Committee (ANTC) met on March 28, and the Teaching and Learning Portfolio (TLP) met on March 29.

UIT staff recognized for their excellent work.

The California native, whose wife describes him as a “nerd with social skills,” was one of the university’s first IT security employees and a Unix hardware tech. As a manager, Packham sees leadership in terms of “success and opportunity” rather than simply “success and failure.”

To better protect institutional and user data, the University of Utah will soon require students, affiliates, and alumni to use Duo two-factor authentication (2FA) to access certain U online applications and resources.