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To strengthen the protection of university information and make responsible data handling easier, UIT is preparing to roll out Microsoft 365 sensitivity labels. The new feature will help students, faculty, and staff classify and safeguard documents and emails with greater consistency and less effort.

If you received a Duo push but did not request one, you're likely the target of a multifactor authentication fatigue attack and need to take immediate action to prevent access to your university account.

UIT Partner Relations celebrated nine U organizations for successfully implementing a suite of cybersecurity tools. The UIT-sponsored event marked the fulfillment of a primary requirement of the campus-wide Cybersecurity Program commissioned by President Randall.

A passphrase is a more secure, human-friendly password. It typically consists of three or more words separated by a space or a hyphen. The more characters, the better.

Unexpected text message? A few seconds of caution can save you from identity theft or financial loss.

A deluge of commuters and students living on campus were mostly detour-free when returning to the University of Utah for fall semester. Similarly, the uptick in people using IT infrastructure didn’t hit any traffic snarls as the first week of classes got underway on August 18.

Nine university organizations recently marked a major milestone — implementing a suite of IT security tools required by the University of Utah Cybersecurity Program. One celebratory event was held at Red Butte Garden & Arboretum’s Rose House and the other was hosted in Rice-Eccles Stadium’s Ken Garff University Club.

Starting Tuesday, August 5, 2025, all University of Utah users must complete an additional verification step during the Duo 2FA process when signing into Microsoft services. The U’s Information Security Office (ISO) will roll out the change on an ongoing basis.

The retired U.S. Air Force colonel brings more than two decades of cybersecurity, information technology, and engineering experience at the U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Cyber Command, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Senate, and U.S. Department of Energy to the position.

Neff believes IT services should be as invisible as possible, helping staff do their work without impeding them, while IT support should be visibly available, providing effective, professional, respectful, and timely customer service.