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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…
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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….
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October 4, 2016
All Articles, Feature ArticlesCybersecurity, Information Security, Wayne Fischer
By Wayne Fischer, Sr. Information Security Analyst, UC Davis. Ransomware is a type of malicious software (malware) that denies a user access to their system or files and demands payment to regain access. It is a threat to everyone because…
Read more about Ransomware Rising: Putting Our Files at Risk
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September 29, 2016
All Articles, SpotlightsAlison Spencer, Calit2, Tom DeFanti
Posted by Alison Spencer, UCB student intern, UCOP. Twenty-five years ago, Calit2 research scientist Tom DeFanti (pictured right) dreamed of building 3-D telephone booths. He envisioned using them to talk to multiple people at once and to transport immersive scenes…
Read more about Spotlight: Calit2’s Tom DeFanti – Exploring Virtual Reality
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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…
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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
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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…
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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…
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September 15, 2016
All Articles, SpotlightsKarishma Morabia, Maria Andrade, UC San Diego, UCSD
Posted by Karishma Morabia, UCB student intern, UCOP. As a high school junior, Maria Andrade took the Strong Interest Inventory Test and matched with computer engineering. After some research, she became highly motivated to pursue it as a career. Fresh…
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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!