Faculty and Staff now have the ability to create guest wireless accounts for your visitors 24×7 via the SmartPass guest access tool.

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.

The Division of IT is committed to helping you prevent identity theft. The following excerpt from a blog by Adam Levin describes the numbers identity thieves are looking for.

Each month, the Division of IT hi-lights a service provided to the campus. This month’s service is Password Management.

Western Carolina University is a member of EDUCAUSE, and any WCU faculty or staff member may setup an account to explore the many resources available.

Each month, the Division of IT hi-lights a service provided to the campus. This month’s service is: Email via mobile communication devices.

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.

You may have heard via media outlets about the serious security flaw affecting Adobe Flash software for all users and another one affecting Microsoft Internet Explorer. The flaws allow a hacker to infect a website with a corrupt Adobe Flash file which can then be used to attack the victim’s computer if they visit that web page.

After a research-intensive effort lasting many months and final review by the Information Technology Council, Microsoft Office 365 (Cloud-hosted) has been recommended as the new email and calendaring platform for WCU faculty and staff.