October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. All month long, ITS News will highlight this year’s theme: See yourself in cyber. In this article, seeing yourself in cyber means seeing the possibilities for careers in cybersecurity. To learn more about other ways … Read more

On October 19, you will notice a change to Single Sign-On (SSO). While Single Sign-On may not be a familiar name, you use SSO — and your Onyen and password — to log into many campus systems, including ConnectCarolina and … Read more

Cybersecurity podcast Data@Rest released its fifth season on May 13. It is available on podcast apps such as Spotify and Apple Podcasts, as well as the web.  The Information Security Office launched Data@Rest in 2019 as a collaboration between Michael … Read more

This is one in an occasional series of profiles of Carolina’s IT professionals who serve as liaisons in the Information Security Liaison (ISL) program, led by the Information Security Office within ITS.  Keith Gerarden Position: Interim Director of Client Services … Read more

There’s a lot to do before you head out of town and it’s a good idea to incorporate some digital housekeeping into your planning.  Install updates Make sure software and devices are up to date. Not only does this help … Read more

This is the third in an occasional series of profiles of Carolina’s IT professionals who serve as liaisons in the Information Security Liaison (ISL) program, led by the Information Security Office within ITS.  Mark Ingram Position: Infrastructure and Technical Support … Read more

This is the second in an occasional series of profiles of Carolina’s IT professionals who serve as liaisons in the Information Security Liaison (ISL) program, led by the Information Security Office within ITS.  Charlie Patton Position: Desktop Computing Administrator and … Read more

Dennis Schmidt, Assistant Vice Chancellor and Chief Information Security Officer, will retire effective April 1, after serving the University for more than 24 years. Schmidt has overseen the Information Security and Identity Management teams since 2018. For the three years … Read more

This is the first in an occasional series of profiles of Carolina’s IT professionals who serve as liaisons in the Information Security Liaison (ISL) program, led by the Information Security Office within ITS.  Hínár György Polczer Position: Technical Support Analyst, … Read more

The Information Security Office has named Alex Everett as information security operations manager. In his new role effective January 10, Everett will help manage ISO’s Operations and Incident Handling team and the Network Security team. He previously led ISO’s IT … Read more

The new year is a great time to prioritize digital hygiene and organization. Ensure you have strong passwords and use LastPass to manage your passwords, report phishing using the new reporting button within Outlook email, make certain that website links … Read more

On December 16, Dennis Schmidt, Chief Information Security Officer, sent out this formal notice asking campus to be super vigilant against increasingly sophisticated cyber criminals. This week our campus was targeted by phishing attacks using a radically different and alarming … Read more