Student Records System (Sarah) unavailable Saturday between 8am and 9:30am
Student Records System (Sarah) Offline on Saturday, between 8:00 am and 9:30 am … Continue reading »
Announcements
Printing will be unavailable Saturday morning from 7am to 11am
OIT will be upgrading the PaperCut and printing systems on Saturday morning starting at 7:00am. The upgrade should be done by 11:00am. During the upgrade, campus printing will be unavailable. Once the upgrade is complete, printing will resume. In rare cases, you may have to reboot your machine to re-connect… Continue reading »
Live Securely in 2023 (part 4 of 4)
Still following along but not feeling secure, or without care? I’ve summarized the last couple posts in this series in a handy grid below, organized by the two main areas, identity protection and software updates. While I don’t advocate printing it out, it can be easily copied into a… Continue reading »
Using Software “Without Care” (Part 3 of 4)
You may remember from the first post of this series that the word “security” originates from the Latin roots of “se” and “cura” which literally means “without care”. Wouldn’t we all like to be secure and not have to deal with all this security stuff? You can…and it’s easier than… Continue reading »
Student Records System (Sarah) Offline Today, between 5:30 pm and 7:30 pm
Job Opportunity: Documentation & Training Specialist
Williams College seeks a Documentation and Training Specialist to join our team for an exciting opportunity to play a critical role in leading the college through a multi-year effort to replace our core Human Resources, Finance and Student systems through the implementation of Workday HCM, Financials and Student products. Continue reading »
Protect your Identity – Live Securely in 2023 (Part 2)
Let’s talk threats for a moment. These days, threats are everywhere. Animals, diseases, other people, and even the weather can all present real challenges to the security of our lives. When it comes to the digital domain, most attacks are successful because of two major areas of weakness: 1. The… Continue reading »
Get your own booking page using Google Calendar Appointment Schedule
Sick of endless back and forth to find a time to meet with someone? Google Calendar’s Appointment Schedule is a great option for you! With it you can create a page where others can book time with you. More: https://oit.williams.edu/itech-posts/glow-faq/glow-communication/appointment-scheduling-tools/#appointment-schedule… Continue reading »
Creation of new Google “Shared Drives” will be off by default for students
Registered Student Organizations will still be able to request a Shared Drive as these are logical places to store organization files. As owners and managers graduate the data will remain for the next years group. There will be a limit of 15gb storage so care must be used if storing… Continue reading »
Live Securely in 2023 (Part 1 of 4)
I started my career in IT decades ago and I was always interested in the security of systems. Recently, I came across an old study guide for an information security certification I achieved in 2012. The guide was from 1998, and it reminded me that I’ve been doing this for… Continue reading »
Project Coordinator Job Opportunity
Williams College is looking for two Project Coordinators to support a multi-year project to replace our core Human Resources, Finance and Student systems through the implementation of Workday HCM, Financials and Student products. The goal of this project is to better support the people and processes essential to… Continue reading »
New IP addresses for some faculty and staff computers
Some faculty and staff computers will get new IP addresses on Friday morning. This should only be of importance to people who connect to their computers remotely or who run a webserver off their computer. OIT has attempted to exempt any computers which we know should keep their same IP… Continue reading »
A new method to change and reset your Williams password
Message Summary Starting January 18 you will use the Okta system to manage your college password. As you change your password you will sign up to Okta and switch your 2-factor authentication to the Okta Verify app. Full Message Starting Jan 18 Okta will be used to manage… Continue reading »
OIT Announces New Improved Guest Wifi Access
On January 11th the college’s new improved guest Wifi network will be available. Our guest Wi-Fi provides a robust and fast network connection for our visitors and patrons. Guests will now connect to the “Williams-College” network which will be visible from their laptop or other… Continue reading »
The Academic Technology Zoom Drop-in Room is open
The Zoom drop-in room is open 10am to noon for technology teaching questions, Zoom & Glow. Follow this link to join or email itsupport@williams.edu to schedule an appointment for a different time. Continue reading »
Financials system offline for maintenance on Friday 12-16-2022 at 5pm
The financials system will be down for routine maintenance on Friday 12/16. Downtime is expected to be from 5pm until 6:30pm. Continue reading »
Human Resources system offline Thursday 6-8pm 12-15-2022
Human Resources system offline The HR system will be offline for maintenance on 12/15/2022. The maintenance period is expected to be from 6:00pm – 8:00pm. During this time the Finance and Student Records system will remain available. Continue reading »
Changes to the way Zoom recordings move into Glow
Williams first subscribed to Zoom in the early days of the pandemic to support remote teaching, and it was set up so that cloud-recorded Zoom meetings were automatically uploaded to Glow and Panopto. (Panopto is the video streaming service used by Glow.) At the time, that made good sense, since… Continue reading »
Job Opportunities: Academic Technology Specialist
The Williams College Office for Information Technology is hiring multiple, service-oriented Academic Technology Specialists due to coinciding retirements within the team. The Academic Technologists provide technical and pedagogical assistance to faculty, students, and staff for the effective use of technology in teaching, research, and learning. Working closely with other… Continue reading »
When it comes to Social Engineering attacks, the best reaction is usually inaction
Providing you have the appropriate modern defenses like MFA enabled for all of your critical accounts, including your Williams account, then these attacks are something that you should expect but not worry too much about. We can’t avoid them. They will occur. But when you receive a call, text or… Continue reading »
Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Fatigue Attacks
Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Fatigue Attacks – What they are, what they mean, and what to do. If you’ve been paying attention to securing your information, you’ve likely heard to use a second-factor with your authentication, going a step beyond the traditional credential pair of a username and password and using… Continue reading »
Switch to Mail Merge with Attachments (MMwA) for mail merges
Williams has switched to Mail Merge with Attachments as its licensed mail merge tool replacing the previous YAMM (Yet Another Mail Merge) tool. Using Mail Merge with Attachments (MMwA) for mail merges – Office for Information Technology (williams.edu)… Continue reading »
Access Considerations For Employee Transfers
Process for managing data when an employee changes departments within Williams When a Williams employee changes departments (for example someone going from the Office for Information Technology to the Facilities department), Google shares, drives, calendars, email aliases and lists need to be manually changed. The employee, supervisor and possibly department… Continue reading »
Phishing, Smishing and Vishing is on the rise
Phishing, Smishing and Vishing is on the rise…don’t fall victim to these attacks! Welcome to NCSAM week 2! This week we’ll take an in-depth look at three of the most common social engineering attacks, and the characteristics that aid in correctly identifying them. But before we reach that three-way fork,… Continue reading »
Phishing, Smishing and Vishing is on the rise…don’t fall victim to these attacks!
Welcome to NCSAM week 2! This week we’ll take an in-depth look at three of the most common social engineering attacks, and the characteristics that aid in correctly identifying them. But before we reach that three-way fork, what do these have in common? All phishing attacks are an attempt to… Continue reading »
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