October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. All month long, ITS News will highlight how ITS — and you — keep the University safe. In this guest post, Josh Jenkins with the Information Security Office, shares how machine learning technologies are changing … Read more

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month and ITS and the Information Security Office are celebrating all month long with activities, events and resources. Learn how to protect yourself and the University, online — and have some fun doing it. Founded in … Read more

Move-in, Fall Fest and a drink from the Old Well are some of Carolina’s best traditions for the beginning of the Fall semester. One of the worst? Job scams. Criminals send phishing emails year-round and use techniques that make you … Read more

If you’re not using Carolina Key passwordless logins, you’re missing out. You could skip typing your password and still have fast and secure logins to many UNC-Chapel Hill systems, including ConnectCarolina, Canvas and more. All you have to do is … Read more

Beginning June 26, ITS will require current and former students to use Duo Security (Duo) to provide stronger identity verification before logging into ConnectCarolina. Many users will have a second option to verify their identity — Carolina Key. Duo is … Read more

Producers of the cybersecurity podcast Data@Rest released the first half of the show’s sixth season on April 20. Michael Williams and Charlie Mewshaw, cybersecurity specialists who produce and host Data@Rest, anticipate releasing the second half of this season in May.  The “human … Read more

Silence Outlook and Teams If you’re a student going on summer break or an employee taking a vacation, you’ll probably want to unplug from email and chat. It’s tempting to use the nuclear option and delete Outlook and Teams from … Read more

As we approach Earth Day, you might be thinking about ways to be a little greener. Don’t forget about technology! The tech we use impacts the environment through its entire lifecycle, but you can do a few things to make … Read more

Today, February 6, Paul Rivers takes the helm as UNC-Chapel Hill’s next Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and Assistant Vice Chancellor for Information Security. The role was previously held by Dennis Schmidt, who retired in April 2022 after 24 years … Read more

It’s Data Privacy Week and ITS is celebrating by helping to spread awareness about data privacy. It is both an individual and organizational responsibility to protect data. While individuals can make choices to safely store and access their own data, … Read more

It’s Data Privacy Week and ITS is celebrating by sharing tips to help you protect your digital privacy at work and at home. Here are some tips to help you shield your identity, important documents, passwords and data from prying … Read more

In the first article in this two-part series, we explored the industry-wide move to a passwordless system. In this article, we’ll look at a future without passwords for UNC-Chapel Hill. October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. All month long, ITS News … Read more