The former Air Force journeyman, who began his career at the U as a student employee in the Information Security Office, said he decided to stick around because he enjoyed the job so much, especially mentoring and training staff.

Entities, including universities, that use mass messaging platforms to send texts from local phone numbers must file with the Campaign Registry before October 1 or risk having their phone number blocked or text messages otherwise throttled.

University Rule 4-004O: Security Awareness and Training mandates information security education to help users recognize IT security concerns and respond accordingly, and understand their information system security roles and responsibilities.

By next year, all VPN users are expected to switch to GlobalProtect, which will become the central VPN service for all University of Utah and University of Utah Health staff, faculty, students, and affiliates.

An SMS (text message)-capable phone and access code will soon be required to connect to UGuest, which provides visitors to the University of Utah and University of Utah Health with basic, unencrypted wireless internet access.