Security
Starting Tuesday, February 23, 2021, Two-Step Login for Office 365 will be required for all Cornell University Sponsored and Affiliate NetID accounts. This is the latest step in the university’s ongoing initiative to improve data security for email, calendars, contacts, and other shared Office...Read more
Beginning Monday, January 25. 2021, users of key academic applications will need to use Two-Step Login to authenticate when logging in. The services that this change will affect include ...Read more
Quest ARS upgrade to version 7.3 has been rescheduled for January 30, 2021. This will bring the system, currently running version 6.9, up to version 7.3. This change may require administrators and users to take action to maintain compatibility with the new version.Read more
Members of the Cornell community who use a Mac with university IT services should wait to upgrade their computer to macOS Big Sur.Read more
On Thursday, December 31, 2020, Adobe Flash Player will reach “End of Life” (EOL) status. This means the program will no longer be distributed, supported, or updated by Adobe. The lack of available security updates after the EOL date means that continued use of Flash Player would not only pose...Read more
Later this year, CIT’s Email and Messaging team will update the AppSMTP service, used by applications, printers, scanners, and monitoring devices to send automated email to users.Read more
Last August, Cornell implemented an effective new tool to protect campus email users from malicious attacks. Since Microsoft Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) Safe Attachments was deployed on the university’s Office 365 email service, it has greatly reduced the possibility of advanced malware...Read more
A Security Exception exists when information technology does not meet the security requirements in Cornell IT Security policies . Exceptions can exist for devices, applications, systems, and business or technical reasons. Cornell...Read more
As part of Cornell’s ongoing commitment to sustainability, innovation, and improved IT services, CIT is launching the WebSSO Modernization Project, a program to retire the CUWebAuth web application authentication service and migrate to Shibboleth SAML-based authentication. Currently, CUWebAuth...Read more
On Monday, August 24, 2020, Cornell will implement Microsoft Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) Safe Attachments for the university’s Office 365 email service. This addition to the university’s current email security portfolio will provide increased protection to Office 365 email accounts at...Read more