Two years ago the University adopted a Risk Management Policy (http://www.it.ufl.edu/policies/information-security/risk-management-policy/) which has impacted the process for IT purchases significantly. When faculty need new IT resources UFIT, the CIO, and the CSO strongly prefer the use of UFIT hosting solutions… Read More
By now you’ve probably heard about the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities. They have been a major news story this past week, even being mentioned on local news. In a nutshell, a major design flaw was found in the main chip… Read More
UFIT expects to deploy new features to the campus email service on September 26, 2017. The new features, known as ProofPoint Targeted Attack Protection (TAP), are an expansion of UF’s existing SPAM and PHISHING protection provided by its ProofPoint… Read More
Attackers have been actively exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Word to infect computers with malware. The first reports about the attacks came Friday from antivirus vendor McAfee after their researchers discovered some suspicious Word files spotted earlier. They… Read More
There has been a dramatic increase in phishing attacks directed at the UF community since the start of this calendar year (2017). Email messages, websites, and phone calls that are designed to steal money either by tricking you into installing… Read More