Passwords are a defense mechanism towards protecting personal information such as student records, banking data, employment history, along with a number of other confidential records. As a part of the Information Security Programme and the Personal Information Security and Governance Program…
For many years, UBC's online services such as Vista, FASmail, and EAD have been hosted in the Leonard S. Klinck data centre. However, because of its age, the Klinck Data Centre has become too costly to maintain. In order to continue using this Data Center, several key components would need to be…
Almost all of us use mobile devices (smartphones, tablet computers, laptops and USB drives.) Many of these devices are used to store personal information, which as UBC students, employees and faculty we have a duty to protect. Do you know how to keep the information on your mobile device safe if…
Emails and instant messaging are popular choices of communication methods that we use to contact one another. Hence, it’s not much of a surprise that cybercriminals commonly attack using these two channels of communications. Government/public sector is known to be the most targeted industry…
UBC IT will be releasing a new website this summer, and the changes to the website will result in a better product to serve the UBC community. The new site features a number of enhancements including an improved service catalogue listing all the services the department provides to the community,…
EduCloud Server Service is the newest cloud computing service offered to the UBC community by UBC Information Technology that meets all provincial privacy requirements under the FIPPA legislation. Like the current Virtual Server Service (VSS), EduCloud Server Service offers resources pooling…
The Home Drive Storage Service was launched in January 2012, offering UBC staff and faculty 20GB of free storage at no cost. This private cloud storage service allows users to securely store their personal files to a central service. To meet users' increasing storage demands, the next phase of…
It is easy for cybercriminals to build trust with their victims. Ever opened a door to a secured building for someone you don’t know? This is one of the common ways for cybercriminals to gain access to a building and retrieve confidential information. Cybercriminals are often…
Full Migration to New Learning Management System Completed by This Fall In January 2012, approximately 4,000 students and 40 instructors from UBC's Vancouver and Okanagan campuses became the first users on Connect, UBC's new and improved learning management system. Now, just over one year later,…
UBC IT now has the pleasure of working with Bruce Marchfelder, award-winning video director. Bruce Marchfelder has already worked on many videos for UBC, and recently directed a video for the Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability which went on to win the 2013 CASE District VIII…
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