News
The WebSSO Modernization Project, which includes retiring CUWebAuth and migrating to Shibboleth, is moving forward with a focus on customer support to help expedite the migration process. As a reminder, the service retirement deadline is effective September 30, 2021. At that time, CUWebAuth...
Starting Monday, July 26, 2021, begin sending an email to all Google Drive (and YouTube) users who will be affected by a security change they will make on September 13, 2021.
Wondering about what the top ten most-requested IT topics and common issues were from last week? We have rounded them up for you, along with links to support articles.
The first workshop session for Stage 2 of the project to implement Cority was held at the end of June 2021.
CIT Network Engineering will upgrade code and reboot all routers and switches that support the CIT data centers on Sunday, July 25th between 5:00am and 8:00am. There will be multiple brief (minutes long) outages during the maintenance window. Once the code upgrades are complete, full data...
Web accessibility continues to be a top priority at Cornell University. If you are involved with university websites in any way, or supervise individuals who are, please note these upcoming changes:
- The university compliance standard for web accessibility is changing to WCAG ...
Use best practices for consumer safety and beware of common scams around Independence Day.
FindTime is a Microsoft Outlook add-in that helps you and meeting invitees find the best time to meet.
Activity continues to help identify data, document, and file storage needs at Cornell.
Cornell’s virtual private network (CU VPN) provides secure remote access to campus IT resources from anywhere when needed. Two-Step Login for CU VPN further protects your account and access to Cornell sites and applications. By July 15, 2021, Two-Step Login will be required for all users to...
Under the sponsorship of the Alliance for Diversity and Inclusion, a multi-unit group that works to promote diversity, inclusion, and equity initiatives at Cornell, thirteen Cornell students will take on a wide range of responsibilities in CIT through early...
Stage 2 of the implementation project for Cority services has officially launched.
On Sunday, August 1, 2021, Shibboleth Identity Provider (IdP) will be disconnected from CUWebAuth in support of the upcoming service retirement deadline. After the change, CUWebAuth- and Shibboleth-enabled websites will have separate login pages. Additionally, a new CUWebLogin user interface...
On Tuesday, June 22, 2021, between 4am and 8am, CU Print and Net-Print RFID card data functionality will be unavailable due to scheduled monthly updates. Once maintenance is completed, user functionality will be restored.
A common starting point for many scams is by email. A newly identified imposter scam involves a phishing email that leads to voice phishing, or a vishing attack, designed to trick you into contacting the criminal and giving up your credit card number and other personal details. As with all...
The COHSEC project team and stakeholders are nearing the launch of Stage 2 for bringing the Cority Environmental Health, Safety and Quality software service to Cornell.
Changes are coming to Skype for Business as the service shutdown nears.
On Thursday, May 27, 2021, a number of changes have been planned for the Zoom and Video Hosting and Sharing (formerly Video on Demand) services. These changes are intended to improve usability and accessibility for Cornell meeting and webinar hosts and hosted video users.
Starting Tuesday, June 8, 2021, Two-Step Login for Office 365 will be required for emeritus and retired faculty and retired staff accounts. Affected users should begin to prepare for this change now— especially those who use iOS devices, POP/IMAP or SMTP protocols, or...
Fact-finding and needs identification continues for storage solutions for Cornell.