Posted by Susan Shen, UCB Student Intern, UCOP. “‘IT initiatives’ is a bit nebulous,” Kevin Chou says about his department’s name. “It was created out of the initiative to unify administrative IT units at UCSD. We’re creating a portfolio of…
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October 15, 2015 All Articles 0
Posted by Dewight F. Kramer, Information Security Consultant, UCD. It should be no surprise that patching, both operating systems and applications, is arguably one of the best things that can be done for increasing cybersecurity. The Verizon 2015 Data Breach…
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October 13, 2015 All Articles, Spotlights 0
Posted by Alexa Rivetti, UCB Student Intern, UCOP. Nicholas Turley talks about his experience as UC Riverside’s newest Chief Information Security Officer. He’s already made a mark in the UC security world: he and his teammates Jonathan Ocab and Vasken…
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October 8, 2015 All Articles 1
Adapted from an article submitted by Julie Goldstein, Manager, ITS Client Services and Security, UCSC. High-profile data breaches occur in all industries: the federal government, big corporations, the entertainment industry, higher ed… A recent analysis of the Dec. 2013
Posted by Leah Burns, IT Communications Coordinator, UCOP. Eric Fraser just can’t leave UC. He did consider an offer from a startup company in 1999, but changed his mind during his goodbye party at UC Berkeley. “Awkward, but the reason…
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October 1, 2015 All Articles 0
October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month. Each week the UC IT Blog will feature a cyber security message by UC security and policy personnel. Posted by Greg Fellin, IT Policy Coordinator, UCM. We all know that having a…
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September 29, 2015 All Articles 0
Posted by James Kent Dudek, Director of Organizational Strategy, UCB. UC Berkeley’s central IT division began work on an IT action plan, in 2013, under the leadership of a new CIO. One prominent issue arose, as it had for…
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September 24, 2015 Spotlights 0
Posted by Alexa Rivetti, UCB Student Intern, UCOP. “People know me as the guy who walks everywhere. I work in the athletic department so I have to be in shape!” laughed Michael Koetsier, UC Irvine’s Director of Athletic Network and…
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September 22, 2015 All Articles 1
Posted by Shirley Bittlingmeier, Client Services Officer, UCOP. Fondly called the SNUG, the ServiceNow Users Group – about 20 IT Service Management staff and ServiceNow developers from all UC locations – held a mini conference immediately after the UCCSC….
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September 17, 2015 Spotlights 0
Posted by Lexi Rivetti, UCB Student Intern, UCOP. Meet some of the talented IT staff at the UC Hastings College of the Law, UC’s first law school and the first law school in California. Led by interim CIO Julia…
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