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A common starting point for many scams is by email. A newly identified imposter scam involves a phishing email that leads to vishing or a "voice phishing" attack, designed to trick you into contacting a cybercriminal 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.
The next meeting of the IT Security SIG is Wednesday, May 12, 2021, from 10:30am-12noon on Zoom. The IT Security SIG is sponsored by the Cornell IT Security Office.
Digital certificates that are provided through Active Directory Certificate Service (AD CS) will expire on May 18, 2021. Service administrators should be sure to obtain new certificates before this date. Follow the link for details, including information about the new AD CS...
Many new features have been added to Cornell's Microsoft Teams.
On June 15, 2021, all Cornell G Suite for Students and Cornell G Suite for Faculty and Staff users were transitioned to sign in using Shibboleth Single Sign-On instead...
See how to get started with Microsoft Teams.
Consider Microsoft Teams instead of Skype for Business.
Microsoft and Apple have announced that, starting sometime in May 2021, support for the legacy Zoom Plug-in for Outlook will end. Zoom users at Cornell who schedule and manage sessions using the desktop Outlook Calendar application will want to make the move to using...
The Cornell cloud community and its university partners are excited to announce the inaugural Higher-Ed DevOps Conference on June 2-4, 2021. This event is a satellite program of the Cornell Cloud Forum, focused on helping the higher ed cloud community share best practices, tools, and lessons...
Cornell and IT leadership are focused on charting a course through online storage changes that will support the university’s mission, efficiently and economically.
The CIT Data Center in Rhodes Hall will be without uninterruptible power supply (UPS) from Saturday, April 24, 2021, at 11pm through Sunday, April 25, 2021, at 4am.
The first annual Identity Management Day is Tuesday, April 13. Cornell has signed on as a 2021 Champion to help ensure a culture of digital identity security for all. Take steps to own your online presence. #BeIdentitySmart.
This tax season, be alert for scams targeting taxpayers and especially educational institutions. Stay safe from criminals claiming to be from the IRS and watch out for suspicious or phishy communications. Scams take many forms, including phone calls, texts, and email. Learn how to protect...
AppSMTP, a service used to deliver email to users from multi-function printers and scanners, applications, and monitoring devices, has been updated. Owners and administrators of processes that use AppSMTP must register their device and application email processes before April...
Starting April 4, 2021, two in-demand, but previously unavailable, Zoom features will become available for Cornell Zoom hosts: in-meeting file transfers and the ability to create exceptions that allow specified non-Cornell users to join Zoom sessions that otherwise require...