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

Duo is one of the multi-factor authentication tools that the University uses to keep our systems safe and stay ahead of security threats. After you log in with your Onyen and password, Duo prompts you to authenticate using a second … Read more

As of today, April 5, if you have Duo installed and forget your Onyen password, you can use Duo to reset your password at onyen.unc.edu. Duo confirmation replaces the challenge questions. ITS changed how passwords are reset to simplify the … 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

In a guest post for Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Jared Perdue, Information Security Specialist with the Information Security Office, shares tips for keeping your mobile devices secure. Our mobile devices contain a great deal of valuable data. No matter what device … Read more