After working on the issue throughout the day yesterday and today, the network team was able to get service restored between UMBC and Comcast late this afternoon around 5:00pm. All of the campus...
Throughout the day Sunday November 20th there have been intermittent connectivity problems for users with Comcast Xfinity network services when trying to reach Services within UMBC such as myUMBC...
A new vulnerability dubbed DirtyCow should be patched asap
I'm not going to pretend I understand the naming for this bug, but this new vulnerability is very serious, one of the most serious in years, and should be addressed immediately. This exploit,...
Please be aware that software installation requests for DoITs Spring semester lab images are due on October 31st. Any software requests submitted after this deadline will not be installed in DoIT...
Beginning early this morning, there has been a widespread denial of service attack against one of the Internet domain name providers. This attack has been affecting many sites and services on the...
Users group learns of new features and effective practices
In early October, the Request Tracker (RT) users group met in the newly renovated Engineering Room 023 for an informative session on RT’s upcoming features and overall integration within UMBC....
With support from DoIT in Fall 2015, the AOK Library & Gallery expanded its equipment loan program to include laptops. The location to request these laptops has moved to the 1st floor...
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DoIT would like to announce that you can now use your UMBC gmail address with Google Inbox by Gmail. Inbox is available on the Google Play Store, Apple App Store and can be accessed on the web by...
DoIT would like to recognize its own Holly Owens for her appointment to the Turning Technologies Higher Education Advisory Board where she will be representing UMBC. The group is compiled of 15...
Earlier this month, all UMBC employees with access to confidential student information – typically faculty and staff with access to advising records in PeopleSoft or the Report Exchange (REX) data...