November 1, 2017 All Articles 0
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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November 1, 2017 All Articles, Announcements/Events 0
Date: Thursday, November 9, 2017 Time: Noon – 1:00pm Description: There has been a lot of conflicting research as to whether telecommuting is good or bad for an organization. It always comes down to “it depends” on many different factors….
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October 25, 2017 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
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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October 25, 2017 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
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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October 25, 2017 All Articles, Announcements/Events 0
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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October 25, 2017 All Articles, Spotlights 1
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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October 18, 2017 All Articles, Feature Articles 1
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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October 18, 2017 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
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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October 18, 2017 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
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…
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October 11, 2017 All Articles, Spotlights 1
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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