The University of Ottawa was targeted by a sophisticated phishing attack, the Business executive scam. A fraudulent email account using the name of a uOttawa executive was used to send a legitimate-looking email to an employee. The employee who is authorized to access University’s financial systems was requested to process an urgent payment on an invoice before the end of the day. The attack was identified and prevented immediately; University systems were not compromised.
In April, we will be strengthening the security of your computer by upgrading the Sophos Endpoint Protection tool installed on your Windows or Mac machine. It has new protection features that are important to have. This will be done automatically through the network and in the background while you work. You should experience no disruption during the upgrade period that may take up to 4 hours. Once done, you may get a pop-up message, asking you to reboot your machine
Introducing EduPlacement, a new system for student practicum placements
On March 1, 2018, Information Technology in partnership with the Faculty of Education launched a new web-based system, EduPlacement, to manage the field study placements (practicum) for teacher candidates at the Faculty of Education.
The project to move accounts to Office 365 is progressing well. We are in the pilot phase, with many people in Information Technology using their Office 365 account for several weeks now. Migration for the rest of the University community will start in April and continue throughout 2018.
This week, the University launched the annual Employee Giving Program. In Information Technology, our efforts will be focused on the weeks of March 21 - April 20.
The uoWeb release cycle is complete and we have implemented the uoAccess authentification system on all our uoWeb Drupal sites. Henceforth, you will need to use your uoAccess ID and password.
As we approach the launch of Siteimprove Web Analytics, we invite you to participate in an online Analytics Training session, which will introduce you to the Analytics tool. The upcoming webinar will be held as follows:
Information Technology is pleased to announce the upcoming launch of the Siteimprove Web Analytics tool and emailed analytics report that will soon be available to the uOttawa web community.
Policy 116: Standards for IT asset use & security are now available
The standards for IT asset use and security supporting IT security policy 116, Use and Security of Information Technology Assets are now available on the Web.
