Following on the heels of the recently-completed ResNet Wi-Fi Upgrade, ITS Communication Technologies is now beginning a 42-month project to provide pervasive Wi-Fi coverage within all remaining campus buildings. Inasmuch as less than 35% of campus within-building space presently has … Read more

Many computers that provide access to Internet content are vulnerable to an internet security exploit called “Heartbleed” including UNC networks. The bug affects software that a majority of secure websites (those that start with “https”) use to encrypt personal and … Read more

Do you use or own one or more computers that currently run Windows XP and connect to the University Network? On April 8, 2014, Microsoft will end all support for Windows XP. Continuing to use a Windows XP computer after April 8 … Read more

World Backup Day on March 31, 2014, is an independent initiative started in 2013 to raise awareness about the importance of regular backups for your technology devices. According to research by Google, computer storage drives have failure rates between 2% … Read more

Carolina provides outstanding information technology resources that you may choose to access remotely if you travel over spring break. If you use University computing resources while travelling, please remember that connecting over the Internet can carry some risks. Below are … Read more

People affected by the recent University data breach can turn to a variety of resources for information and help in answering their questions. Meredith Weiss, associate vice chancellor for business services and administration, outlined the available resources during the Jan. … Read more

Over the past several months, Information Technology Services (ITS) has made significant enhancements to the wireless coverage and security of the campus network. The following briefly describes the completed and progressing network centric initiatives. Additional information on all of these … Read more

People who were affected by a recent University data breach are being notified about how they can pursue a one-year subscription to a credit monitoring service offered by the University at its expense. Each person is assigned a unique code … Read more

There will be a scheduled maintenance outage of ConnectCarolina on Thurs., Dec. 19, 5pm to 11pm.  More information here: http://ccinfo.unc.edu/system-status/

Update 12/23/13: The University is offering people affected by this incident the option of a one-year subscription to a credit monitoring service that monitors activity at all three credit bureaus, at the University’s expense. The University is notifying these people … Read more

Updated: January 2015 What Happened? Why was personal information included in these files? When were the affected records created? How many people were affected by this incident? What actions did the University take in response to this incident? How do … Read more

ITS has rolled out a new Onyen management system. The interface to the new system adds functionality for first-time Onyen creation and on-going password management. All other functions on the Onyen Services page (onyen.unc.edu) remain unchanged.   The new, easy-to-use … Read more