IT Service of the Month: File Collaboration
Each month, the Division of IT hi-lights a service. This month, we feature a new service- File Collaboration.
IT Service of the Month: Institutional Computer Purchases
Each month, the Division of IT hi-lights a service provided to the campus. This month’s service is: Institutional Computer Purchases.
University Growth and Demand for Services Reflected in “IT-by-the-Numbers”
With the growth in student and employee headcount, the demand for IT Services at Western Carolina University has increased. Below is a look at then (2009) and now.
WCU Faculty/Staff Email Blocks Executable Files
To prevent the spread of malicious software, WCU's implementation of Exchange Online Protection (EOP) blocks emails that have files with executable content as attachments. Examples of file types that would be blocked are .exe, .dll and .bat files. This block also...
Recent Email Phishing Scams
Email messages from compromised WCU faculty/staff accounts have recently been making the rounds, and these new phishing scams have affected WCU faculty, staff and students. In the most recent event which occurred on Thursday, March 5, the problem caused all on-campus...
2014-2015 Information Security Training Deadline is 3/31/2015
This year’s information security training needs to be completed by March 31, 2015. It should take you less than 30 minutes to complete, and there are two options available:
Solving complex problems: Root Cause update for January/February, 2015
The Root Cause team in IT is tasked with finding the causes of significant IT issues that affect campus. In this news update we draw your attention to some of the problems being investigated or issues handled recently.
IT Service of the Month: Folder/File Encryption
Each month, the Division of IT hi-lights a service provided to the campus. This month’s service is:
Folder/File Encryption.
IT Prepares the Campus for the Migration to Office 365
Coming this Spring, Faculty and Staff email and calendaring will be moving onto Office 365, a Microsoft cloud hosting solution.
On February 24, 2015, the Division of IT will automatically update any remaining Windows computers from Office 2010 to Office 2013.
IT Service of the Month: Accounts for Guests to Access Administrative Resources
Each month, the Division of IT hi-lights a service provided to the campus. This month’s service is: Accounts for Guests to Access Administrative Resources.