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The university and its resources are under attack every day. However, by implementing stronger controls on privilege, and on all accounts for those resources, we can make the attackers work much harder to move around laterally and vertically.

Starting this week, UIT will begin the university-wide migration of Skype for Business chat and collaboration and voice accounts to Microsoft Teams. UIT’s Account Executives will work directly with departments that depend on Skype for Business for voice services and conference rooms.

A set of credentials is extremely valuable to a cybercriminal. You, however, can make them more difficult for an attacker to obtain by following the U’s password policies and IT security best practices.

When answering calls to your university phone number, please identify your affiliation with the University of Utah or University of Utah Health. Similarly, when recording voicemail greetings, please identify your U affiliation in the message.

As we prepare for holiday season, criminals are thinking about ways they can capitalize on current events and issues. By thinking ahead and staying alert, however, we can better prepare for potential phishing schemes, social engineering, and other cyberattacks.

Members of the University of Utah and University of Utah Health communities must install and start to use the new GlobalProtect client for their VPN needs before Friday, December 31, 2021.

UIT is pleased to announce that Suzanne Wayment has been named associate director and product manager for Student Systems in UIT’s University Support Services.

The Strategic Information Technology Committee (SITC) met on November 9. The Enterprise Web Advisory Council (EWAC), Architecture and New Technology Committee (ANTC), and Teaching and Learning Portfolio (TLP) did not meet in November.

UIT staff recognized for their excellent work.

Winter’s on its way, but this leafy scene courtesy of the U's Instagram account is how we’re hanging on to memories of autumn on the university.