Author Archive: UC Tech News
UC Tech News
November 3, 2015
All ArticlesDEAR Health, Healthcare, UC Los Angeles, UCLA, Yvonne Tevis
For the month of November, the UC IT Blog is featuring articles about technology and health care at UC. Posted by Yvonne Tevis, Chief of Staff, Information Technology Services, UCOP. There’s a great story out of UCLA Health about a…
Read more about DEAR health: A Platform for Coordinating Patient Care
UC Tech News
October 29, 2015
All ArticlesCybersecurity, David Rusting, Information Security
Posted by David Rusting, Chief Information Security Officer, UCOP. We are surrounded by data, all the time. Whether in our professional or personal lives, we use all types of data every day to help make our lives easier and to…
Read more about Data, Data Everywhere – Especially Restricted Data
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October 27, 2015
All Articles, SpotlightsIsrael Fletes, Susan Shen, UC Riverside, UCR
Posted by Susan Shen, UCB Intern, UCOP. High school programming projects inspired a passion for computing and technology in Israel Fletes. A Calexico native, he attended UCR, graduating with a degree in business economics in 1989. After a short-lived absence,…
Read more about Spotlight: UCR’s Israel Fletes Brings the Tech to Learning
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October 23, 2015
All ArticlesInformation Security, Linh Sithihao, UC Irvine, UCI
Posted by Linh Sithihao, Information Security Officer, UC Irvine Health. The ever increasing usage of mobile devices provides convenience to the workforce. However, cybercriminal activity targeting mobile devices and data privacy can have dire consequences, including tracking users, stealing mission…
Read more about Best Practices for Mobile Device Security
UC Tech News
October 22, 2015
SpotlightsKevin Chou, Susan Shen, UC San Diego, UCSD
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…
Read more about Spotlight: Kevin Chou, Senior Director, UCSD IT Initiatives
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October 15, 2015
All ArticlesCybersecurity, Dewight Kramer, Patching
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…
Read more about The Merits of Patching
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October 13, 2015
All Articles, SpotlightsAlexa Rivetti, CISO, Nicholas Turley, UC Riverside, UCR
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…
Read more about Video Spotlight: UCR CISO Nicholas Turley
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October 8, 2015
All ArticlesInformation Security, Julie Goldstein, Phishing
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
Read more about Social Engineering: You’re the Phish on the Spear
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October 6, 2015
SpotlightsEric Fraser, Leah Burns, UC Berkeley, UCB
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…
Read more about IT Spotlight: UC Berkeley’s Eric Fraser, From Supercomputing to Engineering
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October 1, 2015
All ArticlesCybersecurity, Greg Fellin, UC Merced, UCM
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…
Read more about Passphrases – Complexity without Confusion