security News Archive
Dear University Community, As we continue to explore and leverage the power of language model AI (ChatGPT, Bard, BingAI) within our academic environment, it is essential to maintain a strong commitment to safeguarding our data and ensuring the privacy of our community members. We are writing to remind everyone about the importance of not sharing
Important update for all active Marshall University e-mail accountholders including students, faculty, staff (MU, SOM, and Marshall Health) and Alumni. Marshall University Information Technology will introduce an updated e-mail security solution provided by Microsoft in January 2021. In addition to anti-virus and anti-spam protection, the Microsoft Defender for Office 365 service improves security for both incoming and outgoing email. This
This message to all students, faculty and staff has been approved by Jon B. Cutler, Chief Information Security Officer As we start the fall semester, we remind you of the important role which you have in the cyber security of Marshall University. Please review a few key steps listed below which you can take in
Now that we’re meeting virtually for the unforeseeable future, the popular virtual conferencing app, Zoom, has been a heavy target for cyber criminals. Fear not, there are things you can do to make your Zoom meetings safer: Patch early, patch often. Use the Waiting Room option. Take control over screen sharing. Use random meeting IDs
This message to all students, faculty and staff has been approved by Edward Aractingi, Associate VP for IT and Chief Information Officer As we start the new semester and the year 2020, we remind you of the important role which you have in the cyber security of Marshall University. Please review a few key steps
Marshall University Information Technology is applying a major upgrade to the email firewall service, called Barracuda Essentials, on Sunday, May 19, 2019. Barracuda Essentials provides advanced protection against fraudulent email for both Faculty/Staff email (on-premise Exchange) and Student email (Office365). It also provides security for outgoing mail to external sources, assisting in the discovery and
Thursday, May 16th, 2019: Update for Banner Users – [Action Required] This coming Sunday morning, May 19th, 2019, during the scheduled maintenance window, Enterprise Applications will be enabling Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) on Banner 9. If you have already enrolled in MFA, you will be prompted to enter your full Marshall University email address to begin the
Stop by our Drinko Pop Up table in the MSC on Tuesday, March 12th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for help enrolling in MFA. If you miss our event, you an stop by the IT Service Desk at any time if you need assistance.
The Office of Information Technology recently announced a new service which will provide enhanced protection of our Office 365 services using Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA). Beginning March 31, 2019, MFA will be enabled by default on all Marshall University Office 365 accounts. Users can opt-in now at www.marshall.edu/it/mfa. Faculty, staff and students are invited to participate in
Marshall University Information Technology is announcing a new service which will allow enhanced protection for their Office 365 services using Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA for short or two-factor authentication). Once activated, you will receive a secondary authentication notice on your mobile device which you must approve to access MFA-protected applications such as e-mail, OneDrive, O365 ProPlus