Author Archive: UC Tech News
UC Tech News
November 1, 2017
All ArticlesSlack, Tim Marconi
By Tim Marconi. Have you heard about this UC Tech Slack thing? No? Well it is a rapidly growing community with 2,500 of your information technology (IT) colleagues across the entire University of California. We have representation from all campuses…
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UC Tech News
October 25, 2017
All Articles, Feature ArticlesBis Mukherjee, Ennetix, UC Davis, UCD, Yvonne Tevis
By Yvonne Tevis. UC Davis has deployed network analytics and diagnostics software offered by a campus-incubated startup. Now the service is being piloted at UC Santa Cruz and UC Irvine, and other UC campuses are looking into it as well….
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UC Tech News
October 25, 2017
All Articles, Feature ArticlesNCSAM
Would you trade personal information such as your date of birth, address, and email for a cup of coffee? It’s a choice many of us have made before. Watch how a simple Facebook “like” can make you more vulnerable to…
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UC Tech News
October 25, 2017
All Articles, Announcements/EventsCybersecurity, Greg Loge, NCSAM, SANS, UC Los Angeles, UCLA
By Greg Loge. UC staff may register for the SANS course, SEC505: Securing Windows and PowerShell Automation, January 29 – February 3, 2018, for only $1,180. This greatly reduced rate (down from over $5,000) is made available by Risk…
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UC Tech News
October 25, 2017
All Articles, SpotlightsCISO, John Virden
By Reign Nelson. John Virden became chief information security officer (CISO) at the University of California, Riverside, earlier this year. He has been in information security for over 20 years, starting in the US Navy, where he earned his master’s…
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UC Tech News
October 18, 2017
All Articles, Feature ArticlesCybersecurity, Julie Goldstein, NCSAM
By 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. While sometimes specific tips…
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UC Tech News
October 18, 2017
All Articles, Feature ArticlesAnirvan Chatterjee, Clinical Trials, Healthcare, Leslie Yuan, UC San Francisco, UCSF
By Leslie Yuan and Anirvan Chatterjee. The research technology team at UCSF’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) recently launched a website for UCSF’s clinical studies. The goal was an easy-to-use site where people could search through all clinical…
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UC Tech News
October 18, 2017
All Articles, Feature ArticlesUC Los Angeles, UCLA
Social media is ubiquitous, yet there’s still so much to learn about its best practices! It’s easy to forget that what one writes online, tends stay online for a long time. This cute blue robot from UCLA will share some…
Read more about UCLA IT Security Video: Are You Practicing Safe Social Networking?
UC Tech News
October 11, 2017
All Articles, SpotlightsCISO, Jeanie Larson, Reign Nelson, UC Davis Health, UCD
By Reign Nelson. Jeanie Larson is the chief information security officer (CISO) at UC Davis Health. She majored in computer science and math at the University of Idaho and has been “doing cybersecurity stuff” since around 1985. She was one…
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UC Tech News
October 11, 2017
All Articles, Feature ArticlesAlexa Rivetti, John Sonstroem, Low-cost Server Hosting, Nebula, UC Santa Cruz, UCSC
Do you have servers running under desks on your campus? We did! But UC Santa Cruz has found a way to provide technologists with both the resources of the Data Center, and the flexibility and agility of the cloud through…
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