Work continues on enhancing security protocols because of the rise in cyberattacks against members of our university community. Phase 2 begins Friday, June 1, and limits the number of external bulk email senders to help stop phishing attacks.

Microsoft Outlook online meeting features changes. Read more about adding or disabling Microsoft Teams on Outlook invites.

OIT will be going live this month with a new communication tool for informing the university community about emergency technology outages. Once the new Statuspage is implemented, you will be able to click on the Systems Status battery or the All Systems Alerts button to link to the Statuspage for more details about an outage.

As part of the CU Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus Adobe Creative Campus program, students have free access to Adobe Creative Cloud and faculty and staff have access to to a license for only $45 per year. Adobe Creative Cloud has all the heavy hitters for graphic design, video editing, web development, and image editing plus, new cutting-edge programs for animation, 3D design, and augmented reality—more than 30 tools available for desktop, mobile devices, and the web.

OIT is excited to announce the successful implementation of a new enterprise-level web search solution. The new tool delivers features that improve the university website experience for all staff, faculty, and students.

Universities and businesses around the world were impacted last month by what is being dubbed the most significant cybersecurity vulnerability of the last decade involving Log4j software. CU security teams and system administrators partnered together to mitigate risk and remediate this security problem - allowing students, faculty, and staff the ability to continue learning, teaching, and working.

The temporary restrictions placed on CU online systems during the Log4j global security threat have been lifted and standard access restored beginning Friday, January 7, 2022, at noon. With new safeguards and enhanced monitoring in place, the university is able to safely return to standard operations and restore normal access across all systems. To our knowledge, university data was not compromised.

Security groups across campuses and University Information Services informed IT leadership Friday afternoon, December 10, of a serious global security threat impacting Java Log4J software.

New Microsoft licensing agreement brings improved functionality and features for students, faculty, and staff.

OIT continues to work on implementing inclusive software. Learn more about the new Zoom pronoun feature available and Namecoach, a new tool for name pronunciation.

Partner News: OIT works with university partners to plan the migration of Tableau servers to a centralized server housed in University Information Services.

OIT is pleased to announce the release of the new Zoom pronoun feature. Read on to learn how to add pronouns to your Zoom profile.

How spear phishing personally affects the university and how you can prevent becoming a victim. Learn the numbers and the signs that you are being spear phished.

In the past year, there have been enhanced steps taken to protect students, faculty, and staff from potential threats such as the implementation of multi-factor authentication with Duo Security and additional email security protocols. October is Cybersecurity Awareness - learn more!

Stay up to date when technology outages occur or system maintenance is being done by visiting the OIT website.

Partner News: Starting the evening of Oct. 24, University of Colorado administrative users will be able to navigate CU-SIS Campus Solutions more quickly and easily.

As we prepare for the fall 2021 semester, there are essential tasks that can be completed to ensure your technology resources are up to date! Visit the OIT remote, hybrid, and on-campus working webpage for links to services, software, and additional technology resources.

OIT is excited to be able to continue offering Adobe Creative Cloud at no cost to current students and a significantly discounted cost of $45 per year for faculty and staff. Visit the OIT Adobe Creative Cloud webpage for additional information and instructions for accessing Adobe Creative Cloud applications such as Acrobat, Photoshop, Premier Pro, and Spark, to name just a few.

OIT’s Finance and Administration team manages the central billing for the university's information technology services. Visit the OIT billing and rates webpage to see reduced costs for several business services. In addition, the billing project team continues planning for the transition of IT expenses from Pinnacle to PCR-360, the new billing and telecom expense management platform.

Beginning the week of June 28, an external email warning banner will be added to messages that originate from outside of the university. Learn more about what you'll see.