October 11, 2016 All Articles, Feature Articles 2
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 4, 2016 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
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…
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September 22, 2016 All Articles, Feature Articles 1
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…
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September 20, 2016 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
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 13, 2016 All Articles, Feature Articles 1
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…
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September 6, 2016 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
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…
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August 30, 2016 All Articles, Feature Articles 1
Posted by Alexa Rivetti, IT Marketing Intern, UCOP. Practicing good information security is easy! Learn how to keep your information safer in just thirty seconds, with the three simple security tips in the video below. Filmed on the 7th floor…
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August 16, 2016 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
Posted by Alexa Rivetti, UCB student intern, UCOP. For universities on the semester system, school starts in just a few days. For those on the quarter system, there’s weeks left. Either way, now is the time to pick up a…
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August 9, 2016 All Articles, Feature Articles 6
Posted by Tom Andriola, UC CIO. UC competes for IT talent with the most innovative technology firms in California. And so recruitment can be an ongoing challenge for CIOs and their managers. But UC is a very attractive place to…
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July 26, 2016 All Articles, Announcements/Events, Feature Articles 0
Posted by Tom Andriola, UC CIO. Apps for Ag hackathon contestants pitched judges (I got to be one of them) at the California State Fair in Sacramento on Sunday (July 17). The hackathon was open to anyone in the…
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