On Wednesday, January 30, Provost Robert A. Blouin announced that J. Michael Barker will serve as the Interim Vice Chancellor for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer, effective February 1. Mike has served in a variety of roles since joining … Read more

College campuses across the country, including UNC-Chapel Hill, continue to be high-value targets for phishing campaigns. Access to our digital resources – from research to emails to financial information – is prized by online criminals. For example, phishers often use stolen credentials to receive … Read more

Beginning on February 15, ConnectCarolina will require 2-Step Verification when accessing the student financial portion of ConnectCarolina. This includes student bill pay and direct deposit account access.  How 2-Step Will Change Your ConnectCarolina Experience How you log in to ConnectCarolina will not change – how your access student … Read more

Dear Carolina Community, I am writing to inform you of our plans to expand the use of 2-Step Verification on campus in 2018. This continues the work that ITS has already completed to put select digital resources, such as the online W2, VPN and administrative IT applications, behind 2-Step Verification protection. A … Read more

Beginning on September 18, 2-Step Verification will be required to access campus VPN. 2-Step helps to keep your account and the entire campus community secure.  2-Step Benefits The main benefit of activating 2-Step Verification is a significant increase in protection of your account from … Read more

In the fifth post of a Getting to Know series about ITS Middleware Services, the Middleware team shares statistics that enlighten us about the use of Splunk at UNC-Chapel Hill. The group also outlines the ways that it is expanding … Read more

In this Q&A, ITS Middleware Services Manager Patrick Casey talks about Splunk–what it is, why ITS uses it and where UNC-Chapel Hill is headed in its use of the system. This Q&A is the fourth post in a Getting to … Read more

In this third post within our Getting to Know series about ITS Middleware Services, learn about important changes to Middleware’s Carolina CloudApps platform. The series launched with Middleware Services Manager Patrick Casey, in a Q&A, explaining what Middleware is, why … Read more

In the second post of a Getting to Know series about ITS Middleware Services, the Middleware team highlights eight of the group’s key service offerings, in the chart below. The series launched with Middleware Services Manager Patrick Casey, in a … Read more

In this Q&A, ITS Middleware Services Manager Patrick Casey explains what Middleware is, why the team has been growing and what the group is working on. This Q&A is the first of five posts in a Getting to Know series … Read more

In the fourth post of a Getting to Know series about the ITS Policy Office at UNC-Chapel Hill, IT Policy Facilitator Kim Stahl, who is the entire ITS Policy Office, shares lists that explain how to create policy and the right … Read more

In the third post of a Getting to Know series about the ITS Policy Office at UNC-Chapel Hill, IT Policy Facilitator Kim Stahl, who is the entire ITS Policy Office, shares what she is working on and some interesting policy stats … Read more