In response to a recent uptick in email phishing attacks early this year, University Information Services has continued to deter hacking attempts and warn students and faculty against clicking on suspicious...
Hey! Important Message!
If that looks a little familiar, it is. This overenthusiastic line has appeared in many a missive in your Hoyamail inbox over the past couple weeks, seemingly from a member of...
University Information Services opened its third service desk on the third floor of Lauinger Library last Wednesday after a three-month pilot program. The walk-up desk will be the third of its kind, joining...
A broken network circuit caused sluggish, sporadic Internet connections and Google Apps outages on campus accounts Wednesday through Friday.
University Information Services is still investigating the...
To the Editor:
An editorial in last week's Hoya outlined deficiencies and poor service experienced by several students as they tried to print documents in Lauinger Library over the Labor Day weekend.We...
Among the many benefits of being a member of a university community, the distinction of having an email address ending in “.edu” is small, yet highly visible.
In anticipation of this token of...
When University Information Services updated the printing system across campus this summer, it appeared to be a move in the right direction. The clunky desktop-based setup has been abrogated in favor of...
With the recent spate of network phishing attacks, where hackers have attempted to gain information, the university has instituted a mandatory biannual password change for students, faculty and staff during...
As area universities fall victim to sophisticated cyberattacks, the University Information Security Office at Georgetown remains vigilant in its attempts to combat the 2.4 million attempted intrusions...
SkillHack, the second annual problem-solving Hackathon, a problem solving initiative, took place Feb. 15 at the Fisher Colloquium, as part of the Designing the Future(s) of the University Initiative.
According...
The number of targeted phishing attacks on the university has risen by 60 percent this year, representing the trend of these attacks of moving from government bodies to private institutions. "The scheme...
Amid tight budget cuts, University Information Services has adopted a series of changes to simultaneously modernize and cut costs for Georgetown’s wireless network.
“With the constrained budgets...
