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  • Cybersecurity Days Community Forum Recordings Available

    Richard Hunter | November 10, 2022
    Did you miss the chance to join Ohio State's Cybersecurity Days Community Forum last month? Well, you’re in luck, as the full recording of the day’s events have been posted to the Cybersecurity Days 2022 Community Forum YouTube playlist.The videos feature informative talks by Amy Geiger, North American Cyber Security Lead, Accenture; Terin Williams, Cyber Security Advisor, Departme...

  • BuckeyePass to Protect Sponsored Guest Process

    Alison Landefeld | November 8, 2022
    Because stolen, compromised or damaged information can lead to unwanted and unnecessary consequences for both staff members and the university, Ohio State is increasingly expanding the use of multifactor authentication. The Sponsored Guest account process will be the latest system to adopt BuckeyePass protection on November 16.A Sponsored Guest is a way to get a collaborator or other non-employee...
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  • Submit Your Feedback on Student-Related Institutional Definitions

    Alison Landefeld | November 7, 2022
    Last month, the Data Governance team within the Office of Technology and Digital Innovation (OTDI) launched a new initiative to standardize institutional definitions, partnering with colleagues across the university and medical center.The group is now collecting feedback on definitions developed for their first batch of terms, which fell under the “student” umbrella: undergraduate, graduate, prof...

  • Not Spam: It's Time to Review Microsoft 365 Access

    Bethany Varcho | November 2, 2022
    Last year we started the Microsoft 365 Access Reviews for External Guests initiative. It is designed to help us align with audit recommendations for reviewing Microsoft 365 Teams and group members.If you received this email, it is NOT spam. However, your caution and instinct to not click on suspicious links is a good one. This message is legitimate, part of a new process to review acces...

  • Windows 11 on new MITS devices

    Sydney Kuehn | November 1, 2022
    This article applies to Managed IT partners. All new MITS devices will now be equipped with Windows 11 as the operating system. Windows 10 is approaching end of life and will remain on all current devices as the OTDI standard, but all new deployments will be operating on Windows 11. We will announce later when current devices can upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11. Our site licensed ...

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