information technology
Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Holding your work hostage
October marks Cybersecurity Awareness Month, a nationwide initiative aimed at educating individuals and organizations about the importance of digital safety. This article is the second in a series to help our campus community protect themselves against cybercrime. One of the most disruptive cyberattacks uses ransomware.
Read More »AppsAnywhere server update scheduled Oct. 6
AppsAnywhere will undergo maintenance 7-8 a.m. Monday, Oct. 6, to perform server upgrades. AppsAnywhere will be unavailable for approximately 30 minutes during the window, but applications loaded in Cloudpaging Player will remain installed on your computer and continue to work.
Read More »Software updates scheduled starting Sept. 26
Software updates will be applied to campus devices over the weekend of Friday, Sept. 26, to ensure systems remain secure and updated.
Read More »Staff Council member spotlight: Austin Wall
What is your role at S&T? I work on the IT desktop engineering team, primarily responsible for overseeing the software packaging team and managing the AppsAnywhere service on campus. I first came to S&T as a student in fall 2015, and then got a student position in IT.
Read More »MacOS 13 support is ending
Apple is ending support for macOS 13 (Ventura), so it will no longer be supported on campus systems.
Read More »Windows updates planned Sept. 13
Windows will update 2-6 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 13. If your computer stays on campus, please leave it powered on and connected to the S&T network. If you take your computer home, connect it to your home network and plug it into a power source.
Read More »Windows 10 support ends Sept. 15
On Monday, Sept. 15, S&T IT will end support for Windows 10 and any remaining Windows 10 devices will be blocked from the campus network. User logins for most of these computers have been blocked since Thursday, April 17.
Read More »Windows 10 support ends Sept. 15
On Monday, Sept. 15, S&T IT will end support for Windows 10 managed computers. Starting that day, any remaining Windows 10 devices will be blocked from the campus network. Most of these computers have already had user logins blocked since Thursday, April 17.
Read More »IT team introduces new questionnaire for requesting technology
As needs grow across campus, information technology (IT) continues efforts to improve the technology acquisition process. To enhance the experience for faculty, staff and students, IT has introduced a new questionnaire for submitting asset requests.
Read More »Lightshot screen capture app blocked due to cybersecurity vulnerability
The application Lightshot automatically uploads screenshots to a webpage, and anyone with a link can gain access to the screenshots. Additionally, by changing the last few characters of the link, you can easily gain access to someone else’s screenshots.
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