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The July 1, 2024, date for completion of the mandatory Cyber Awareness Training courses is fast approaching. All faculty and staff are required to complete two brief training courses, which provide an important foundation of common knowledge regarding cybersecurity awareness, including core cyber awareness essentials, data privacy and security, and other important topics.

Each year, during the CANHEIT conference, the efforts and contributions of individuals, groups, or institutions from across Canada’s higher education IT community are recognized. Information Systems & Technology (IST) is proud to announce Mike Patterson, Manager, IT Security Operations, is the co-recipient of CUCCIO’s Emerging Leader award, which recognizes rising stars in Canadian Higher Education information technology, who demonstrate both technical expertise as well as growth in leadership capacity.

Quest will be unavailable for scheduled maintenance on June 22 and 23.

Saturday, June 22, 2024, from 6:45am to 16:00pm

Sunday, June 23, 2024, from 4:45am to 11:00am

What is the impact?  During these times Quest will be down and unavailable.

The University’s VPN service will be unavailable Thursday, July 11, between 7:00 and 8:00 a.m.

Earlier today, unsponsored/unclaimed generic WatIAM accounts began to be deactivated.

Request Tracker will be unavailable for planned maintenance.

Quest will be unavailable for scheduled maintenance. 

Changes to University's WebEx services

During 2022 and early 2023, the Endpoint Management – Consultation project team investigated implementing Microsoft Azure Intune to secure and manage University devices. Based on the feedback and data gathered during this consultation phase, it was recommended to proceed with the implementation of Intune on University devices.

Grouper service to be upgraded on May 28, and will be unavailable.