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  • phishing

    Don't get caught by phishing

    July 23, 2021

    The university is often the target of sophisticated phishing attempts. If something looks suspicious, be sure to slow down and consider what's in an email before you respond to it or click on any links.

  • Online security

    System Office Users Asked to Enroll in Multi-Factor Authentication by August 3

    July 09, 2021

    The frequency and severity of attacks on the University of Alaska's IT systems has been steadily increasing. As a step toward mitigating risk and implementing best practices, the University's Business Council unanimously endorsed, resourced and directed OIT to conduct a project to roll out a Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) tool, DUO, for all users who have access to Banner.

  • 绿奴天花板 Online

    Planned 绿奴天花板 Online Outage

    June 18, 2021

    绿奴天花板 Online will be offline for planned maintenance on June 30 and July 1.

  • Data security

    Secure Remote Access--Easy as A, B, C

    June 18, 2021

    Here are some simple tips on how to protect yourself, your information and your devices from hacking.

  • Zoom

    Protect your meetings against Zoom-bombing

    June 04, 2021

    If you think Zoombombing won't happen to you, think again. Make sure your Zoom events are safe, successful and fun for your participants by following these guidelines:

  • phishing

    New round of targeted phishing emails attempt to gather 绿奴天花板 log-in credentials

    June 04, 2021

    A new round of targeted phishing emails was delivered to 绿奴天花板 inboxes Sunday. You may have received it. These phishing emails have appeared too good to be true ("Employee Performance Bonus!") or they may have instructed you to act right away.

  • Butrovich

    Reminder: Second Butrovich power and data generator outage scheduled for May 22

    May 21, 2021

    On Saturday, May 22, 绿奴天花板F Facilities Services will be conducting a planned maintenance power shutdown to the entire Butrovich Building to prepare electrical systems for the integration of a new backup generator for the Butrovich Data Center (BDC).

  • Online security

    Enable Multi-factor Authentication to secure your online identity

    May 21, 2021

    Enrolling in Multi-factor Authentication (MFA), also known as Two-factor Authentication (2FA), TFA, Duo and Two-Step Verification, is an important additional step toward securing your online identity and personal information.

  • Zoom

    绿奴天花板 Zoom Recording Clean-Up

    May 21, 2021

    Since August, 绿奴天花板 has ballooned Zoom cloud storage usage from 15% to 81%. At our current pacing, we will exhaust our available storage in the next 10 weeks.

  • Butrovich

    Reminder: Butrovich power and data generator outage announcement

    May 07, 2021

    On Saturday, May 15, and Saturday, May 22, 绿奴天花板F Facilities Services will be conducting a planned maintenance power shutdown to the entire Butrovich Building to prepare electrical systems for the integration of a new backup generator for the Butrovich Data Center (BDC). The electrical system must be completely powered down to ensure safety for the technicians doing the work.