By Julie Goldstein. Smartphones and other electronic devices have made it easier to stay in touch and multi-task while traveling. But they can also mean increased cyber risks for keeping your personal and university information private, as well as increased…
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April 25, 2017 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
By Alexa Rivetti, IT Communications Coordinator, 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 of…
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By Alexa Rivetti, IT Communications Coordinator, UCOP. Did you know 149 years ago today, on March 23, 1868, the charter for what would become the University of California was enacted? UC was borne out…
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March 2, 2017 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
By Eric Odell, Senior Systems Administrator, UCOP. The first commandment of systems administration is “If it moves, log it.” The second is “Look at the logs!” However, understanding the many millions of log messages generated by hundreds of systems managed…
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January 10, 2017 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
By Julie Goldstein, Cyber-Risk IT Security Analyst, UCOP. The New Year brings the start of tax season, and W-2 Wage and Tax Statements will be available soon. With them will likely come a wave of scams from attackers trying to…
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January 5, 2017 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
By Ola Popoola, Director of Reporting and Analytics, UCOP. The UC Information Center was launched in March 2015 by the Office of Institutional Research and Academic Planning (IRAP). The burgeoning demand for easy access to data – in part…
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November 29, 2016 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
By Sherri Berger, Product Manager, California Digital Library (UCOP). The ten libraries of the University of California system hold a dazzling array of unique materials, including photographs, newspapers, maps, oral histories, films, ephemera, and more. Documents of world events and…
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November 21, 2016 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
By Julie Goldstein, Cyber-Risk IT Security Analyst, UCOP, adapted from a UC Santa Cruz article. Online holiday shopping continues to grow in popularity. Last year’s Cyber Monday sales reached approximately 3 billion dollars, an increase of 12-16% over 2014’s record-setting…
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August 31, 2016 All Articles, Spotlights 2
Posted by Alexa Rivetti, UCB student intern, UCOP. “I never thought I would learn this much about UC,” said Audrie Ramirez, recent graduate of CSU East Bay, and information security intern at UCOP. “I actually didn’t know that much about…
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August 25, 2016 All Articles, Spotlights 0
Posted by Alison Spencer, UCB student intern, UCOP. Bob Fraysse, currently an IT project manager at UC Office of the President, reflected on where his original plan to major in geology may have taken him. “I could have been standing…
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