Author Archive: UC Tech News
UC Tech News
October 18, 2016
All Articles, Feature ArticlesCybersecurity, Dewight Kramer, UC Davis, UCD
By Dewight Kramer, information security consultant, UC Davis. This last year it has been my pleasure to work closely with the university’s procurement department in an advising capacity to review the contracts, and especially the Data Security and Privacy appendix,…
Read more about Cloud Security and Contractual Responsibility
UC Tech News
October 13, 2016
All Articles, SpotlightsAudrie Ramirez, CISO, Cybersecurity, Sam Horowitz, UC Santa Barbara, UCSB
By Audrie Ramirez, information security intern, UCOP. Sam Horowitz’s passion for information technology developed in his early teens. His father taught data processing and he found himself picking up books to learn more. A Texas native, he earned an undergraduate…
Read more about Spotlight: Sam Horowitz – Cryptography Enthusiast and CISO at UCSB
UC Tech News
October 11, 2016
All Articles, Feature ArticlesCybersecurity, Julie Goldstein
By Julie Goldstein, cyber-risk IT security analyst, UCOP. The need for cybersecurity is increasingly evident. Major cyber attacks, ransomware attacks, and data breaches are in the news regularly. Criminals and hackers are constantly coming up with new schemes designed to…
Read more about Tips for Staying Cyber Secure
UC Tech News
October 6, 2016
All Articles, SpotlightsAudrie Ramirez, CISO, Cybersecurity, Patrick Phelan, UC San Francisco, UCSF
By Audrie Ramirez, information security intern, UCOP. Patrick Phelan is chief information security officer (CISO) at UCSF, one of the top health care institutions in the United States. He has spent his entire career in IT within the UC system….
Read more about Spotlight: Patrick Phelan – Once a UCLA Bruin, Now CISO at UCSF
UC Tech News
September 27, 2016
All Articles, Announcements/EventsCybersecurity, Julie Goldstein
Posted by Julie Goldstein, Cyber-risk IT security analyst. Throughout October, National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM), the UC IT Blog will run a series of articles to promote cybersecurity awareness at UC. NCSAM is an annual, national campaign to raise…
Read more about October Is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month!
UC Tech News
September 22, 2016
All Articles, Feature ArticlesAnnelie Rugg, Slack, UC Los Angeles, UCLA
Posted by Annelie Rugg, CIO, Humanities Division, UCLA. I work with a staff of thirty at our Center for Digital Humanities. Our size makes it relatively easy to get to know one another and yet, until recently, there was a…
Read more about Technology and Community: Our Slack Experience
UC Tech News
September 20, 2016
All Articles, Feature ArticlesDesiree Silva, UC Merced, UCM, Virtual Reality, WAVE
Posted by Desiree Silva, communications officer, UCM Office of Information Technology. Students participating in research at higher education institutions have been known to immerse themselves in their work. UC Merced’s new WAVE system will help students take that to a…
Read more about Catching a New WAVE of Technology at UCM
UC Tech News
September 16, 2016
All Articles, Announcements/EventsGabe Youtsey, Slack
Posted by Gabe Youtsey, CIO, Agriculture and Natural Resources. The UC IT Community now has a Slack channel just for us – UCTech. The UCTech “team” already has over 850 subscribers, and 81 “channels,” or chat rooms on specific topics…
Read more about Slack is Us!
UC Tech News
September 13, 2016
All Articles, Feature ArticlesAlexa Rivetti, UC Santa Cruz, UCCSC, UCCSC 2016, UCSC
Posted by Alexa Rivetti, UCB student intern, UCOP. UC Santa Cruz served as the perfect location for the 2016 University of California Computing Services Conference (UCCSC), which took place this past July at Porter College. The theme for the conference…
Read more about UCCSC 2016 Video Recap: In IT Together!
UC Tech News
September 6, 2016
All Articles, Feature ArticlesInette Dishler, UC Berkeley, UCB, Wisdom Cafe
Posted by Inette Dishler, senior talent and organizational consultant, UCB. UC staff members need to continuously learn, grow, and develop to stay relevant and contribute in a rapidly changing environment. The way people learn has shifted dramatically from a passive…
Read more about Social Learning and the Wisdom Café at UCB