October 10, 2018 All Articles 0
October is National Cyber Security Awareness month, and this week we’re focusing on phishing. In this video, created by the Royal Bank of Canada, you will learn how to spot a phishing attempt and what you can do…
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October 10, 2018 All Articles 2
Save the date for the UC IT Town Hall – Monday, Nov. 5, 10 – 11 a.m. The Vine. Chief Innovation Officer Gabe Youtsey, Agriculture and Natural Resources, will describe the VINE, an initiative that is connecting innovation clusters…
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October 3, 2018 All Articles, Feature Articles 1
By Robert Smith. Many University of California staff, faculty, and students participate in the diverse community of users, developers, and contributors who create and collaborate on open source software (OSS) projects. Indeed, the University of California broadly supports the use and…
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October 3, 2018 All Articles 0
By Bill Green, Timo Papandreopoulos and Julie Goldstein. Every new cyber-attack or scam seems to be accompanied by a barrage of cybersecurity tips, pointers, dos and don’ts that we’re expected to follow to keep ourselves and our families safe and secure….
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September 26, 2018 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
A collaborative group of researchers from the University of California, San Diego, traveled to Turin, Italy, recently to digitally map an entire portion of the city—complete with historic architecture, expansive murals and stunning works of art. Digital data will be…
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September 26, 2018 All Articles 0
By Yvonne Tevis. Website accessibility just got a bit easier at UC. You probably already know that everything we put online – from websites, to PDFs, to images – needs to be accessible. That means it must be designed so people…
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September 19, 2018 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
By Julia Chen. This past June, over 100 speakers from around the world convened in Cotes de Acardins, Haiti, at the second annual Haiti Tech Summit. Among them was UC Irvine Dean Michael Dennin, a renowned scientist, author, and professor….
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September 19, 2018 All Articles 1
By Robert Smith. The University of California has a brand new information security policy! UC President Janet Napolitano signed the policy, BFB-IS-3: Electronic Information Security Policy, on September 7, 2018. In an increasingly collaborative world that depends upon shared…
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September 19, 2018 All Articles, Announcements/Events 0
UC campuses are gearing up for their annual October cybersecurity education campaigns. These include a few events, open to everyone, that you may want to attend. The events are listed below, but check the event information on the systemwide…
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September 12, 2018 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
By Claire Mizumoto. Research Cyberinfrastructure…Research IT… Research Facilitator…Research Champion…. concierge… white glove… Whatever you choose to call it, it’s direct “high-touch” support for campus researchers. The overall objective is to advance researchers’ work and increase sponsored research at the University…
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