By Erin Trifunov on September 22, 2020
UBC Cybersecurity and UBC IT Communication & Collaboration Services will be launching a new email security enhancement on September 28, 2020, targeting emails that originate from outside the university. This enhancement will add a warning tag to the top of emails that originate from outside the University. The External Email Security Warning Tag serves as a reminder […]
Posted in Client Services, IT Business Services | Tagged cybersecurity, Email, phishing
By Erin Trifunov on May 21, 2020
Enrollment in Enhanced CWL (eCWL) or MFA (multi-factor authentication) became mandatory in 2019 for all UBC Faculty and Staff. By adding MFA to frequently used university applications and some higher risk VPN pools, we have strengthened access security by requiring two or more methods to verify a user’s identity. With the increased volume of users […]
Posted in General, IT Business Services | Tagged cybersecurity, eCWL, MFA, VPN
By Erin Trifunov on May 4, 2020
Cisco Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) is now the recommended and preferred malware protection solution for all computers managed by UBC IT. This solution will replace Sophos Antivirus for all UBC supported desktops and laptops, with the UBC Sophos Antivirus license expiring July 29, 2020. What does this mean? Computers provided by UBC Okanagan – Windows […]
Posted in Client Services, General | Tagged antivirus, CIsco AMP, cybersecurity, malware, Security, Software, sophos
