Author Archive: UC Tech News

EVENT: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Day discussion about an important LinkedIn Learning course – July 26 – REGISTER NOW

July 25, 2024 All Articles, , , , , ,

ADA Day Event and LI course discussion

On the occasion of the 34th birthday of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), join Judy Thai, director, Application Engineering and Beena Albert, Business Intelligence technical lead, who will meet to discuss Thai’s recommended resource on LinkedIn Learning, “Accessibility…
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ANNOUNCEMENT: Share your insights about professional development in Tech: participate in the UC Tech News survey – enter drawing for $75 gift card

July 25, 2024 All Articles,

UC Tech News Survey - Take our survey for a chance to win a $75 gift card

The UC Tech News team is interested in learning more about you and how we can serve you best.  In the response to this survey last year, the community shared that Professional Development was one of your top interests. This…
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EVENT: Empower your research with the 2024 UC Carpentries Fall workshop series Sept 9-20 — REGISTER NOW

July 18, 2024 All Articles, , , , , ,

UC Carpentries Fall Workshop Series Sept 9-20th register now

We are excited to announce the 2024 UC Carpentries Fall Workshop Series: Coding and Data Management Skills. This virtual workshop, held from September 9 to 20, is designed to teach essential concepts, skills, and tools for researchers at the University…
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NEWS: Earth Hour – UC Tech employees measuring the relationship between tech and sustainability

July 12, 2024 All Articles, , , , ,

UC Earth Hour Recap

The UC Tech Community recently honored Earth Hour with an insightful gathering focused on the intersection between technology and sustainability. During the event, participants highlighted the complexities of incorporating sustainability within the technology landscape. Featured guests, Jaki Hsieh Wojan, chief…
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ANNOUNCEMENT: Call for stories – 2024 UC Cyber Risk Program Annual Report

July 11, 2024 All Articles, , , , ,

Person holding Cyber Risk Program Annual Reports

How do you tell the story of something that didn’t happen?   That is one of the challenges of telling the stories around cyber-security. Often the story is about what didn’t happen. There are many stories like this that originate…
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NEWS: Incident Response and Escalation Workshop 2024 Recap

July 9, 2024 All Articles, , ,

UCI Beall Applied Innovation Center - University of California, Irvine photo, Courtesy University of California, Irvine

Incident response is aimed at effectively managing and mitigating the impact of a cybersecurity incident on an organization’s information systems and people. When an incident occurs, the goal is to minimize damage, contain the incident, eradicate the threat and restore…
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NEWS: President Drake shares new UC Health guidelines for the responsible use of health data

June 26, 2024 All Articles, , ,

President Michael V Drake Portrait

UC Health release data governance guidelines

On May 1, 2024, President Michael V. Drake, MD issued new health data governance guidelines, part of the 2024 UC Health Data Governance Task Force Report. The Report provided specific recommendations on how…
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INTERVIEW: Tina Austin, UCLA lecturer: classroom innovations using generative AI

June 26, 2024 All Articles, , , , ,

Tina Austin, UCLA lecturer, "I work to ensure my students are educated users of AI, asking touch questions before deciding to use it"

UC Tech News had the opportunity to interview Tina Austin, Regenerative Medicine and Ethics lecturer, UCLA, on cutting edge techniques she has developed using AI for the classroom. She pointed out that the field is advancing so quickly that the…
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NEWS: Damian Luna Joins UC Office of the President to Develop Security Risk Assessment Unit

June 25, 2024 All Articles, , , , ,

Damian Luna, CISSP, CISM, CRISC, Cyber Risk Assessment Unit Manager

According to the 2023 IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report, the average cost of a data breach in 2023 was $4.45M. This is one reason companies and organizations perform regular security risk assessments, which typically involve identifying, assessing, and…
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