Did you know UW–Madison is an EDUCAUSE member? This allows you to create a free profile and check out some educational offerings—from designing hybrid-flexible “HyFlex” courses to implementing a comprehensive IT disaster recovery solution.
Have questions about Canvas?
As you dig into Canvas to access your course materials, use this guide to help you answer some common questions, including: Why aren’t all my courses showing up in Canvas?
Complete your Cybersecurity Awareness Training
UW–Madison employees must complete Cybersecurity Awareness Training by Dec 1.
Top Hat enterprise license is here for fall
The cost for using the tool was previously covered by students who purchased individual subscriptions. This new license will allow all UW–Madison students to use the tool with no purchase required. Learn more.
September 2022 BigFix Patch Notes
Next Tuesday (09/20/2022) is our monthly patch day! We will be applying various OS and application updates to managed computers.
Dimming the light on Silverlight
On Tuesday, 20 September 2022, Departmental Support will begin uninstalling Microsoft Silverlight from managed computers. Microsoft stopped supporting Silverlight in October 2021 and has stopped patching it with security updates. We believe that this will …
Network firewall work: September update
Cybersecurity to the Edge (C2E) is a broad set of initiatives to reduce risk across the campus landscape. A high priority: improving campus network protection (aka “the firewall”). Learn about the team’s progress.
Apply today! Join the UW IT Mentoring cohort
UW IT Mentoring invites employees to apply as a mentor or mentee for the fall 2022-spring 2023 cohort. Applications are open through Wed, Sep 28. Learn more about the program and how to apply.
How to protect yourself from drop USB attacks
Imagine you find a USB drive somewhere on campus, or perhaps receive one for free in the mail. What do you do? Or more importantly, what shouldn’t you do?
Cybersecurity Announcement: WordPress Releases Patch for High Severity SQL Injection Vulnerability
WordPress has released version 6.0.2. This security and maintenance release contains patches for 3 vulnerabilities, including a high severity SQL Injection vulnerability in the Links functionality (CVSS Score of 8.0), as well as two Medium Severity Cross-Site Scripting vulnerabilities.