Thursday, October 24, 2024

Cybersecurity Month: Four Ways to Protect Yourself from Phishing Attacks

Cybersecurity Month takes place each October, and this year ITS is sharing tips to help keep the Carleton University community cyber safe. One of the most widely observed kinds of cyberattacks is phishing, a type of cyberattack where attackers use fraudulent emails, SMS texts and phone calls to solicit sensitive information or deploy malicious... More

Tuesday, October 8, 2024

Communications Hub Provides a Strategic Lens in Support of Finance and Administration Goals

With the goal of supporting the Finance and Administration Strategic Plan, ITS developed and launched its internal Communications Hub in early 2024. The hub adds a strategic lens to any communication that leaves ITS and provides a consistent communications approach, ensuring our partners and colleagues experience ITS as professional, innovative,... More

Monday, October 7, 2024

IT Policies Streamlined to Provide Practicable Guidance to Stakeholders

Following recommendations from the 2020 Distributed Computing Audit, the university committed to significantly reduce and streamline IT policies to provide practicable guidance to all Carleton IT stakeholders. To achieve this outcome, consultations with key stakeholders were undertaken between 2021 and 2022, with policy development and approval... More

Friday, October 4, 2024

Digital Steering Committee Launched, Total Cost of Ownership Lens Adopted

Following the launch of our Digital Strategy and Roadmap in 2023, the first meeting of the renewed Digital Steering Committee (DSC) was held in Fall 2023 with representation from senior leaders across campus. During the initial meeting, DSC members received a governance update before learning more about cybersecurity and the Enterprise Resource... More

Thursday, October 3, 2024

Information Security Interest Group Provides an Open Forum for Cybersecurity Professionals and Stakeholders

The Information Security Interest Group (ISIG) meets monthly to discuss new initiatives and updates relating to cybersecurity on campus. Led by ITS, the ISIG group contains members of Carleton’s Computing Service Units (CSUs) and aims to provide this group with information about key security developments at Carleton, while relaying up-to-date... More

Wednesday, October 2, 2024

New CIO Engagement and Communications Strategy Enacted

To effectively engage and communicate with internal and external stakeholders, ITS has developed an Engagement and Communications Strategy for the CIO. The strategy will work to enhance visibility and accessibility of the CIO, foster a culture of open communication and collaboration, and ensure alignment with the university’s strategic... More

Tuesday, October 1, 2024

Research Computing Services Marks 10-Year Anniversary

2024 marks the 10-year anniversary of the Research Computing Services (RCS) team within Information Technology Services (ITS). RCS provides the Carleton University research community a broad range of supports, and works closely with researchers to develop purpose-built software that furthers their research programs. RCS assists Carleton research... More

Monday, September 30, 2024

cuTheme and RDS Coalesce Ahead of Campus-Wide Rollout

cuTheme, Carleton University’s new web template with an enhanced design, feel and functionality, grew a great deal in 2023-2024. Powered by WordPress and its new Gutenberg editor, cuTheme is underpinned by the Raven Design System (RDS) which provides web managers across the university with a common, block-based visual language. RDS was developed... More

Friday, September 27, 2024

Advanced Protection Features Boost Existing Cybersecurity Defences

Several advanced protection features were added to ITS’s existing suite of cybersecurity defences during the 2023-2024 academic year. Microsoft Extended Detection and Response (XDR), formerly Microsoft Defender, went live in August 2023 and is now helping ITS better identify, detect and investigate advanced threats directed at Carleton... More

Thursday, September 26, 2024

Students: Enter our Cybersecurity Month Contest for a Chance to Win a Power Bank and More!

Students! This is your chance win a Power Bank or a Ravens swag pack during Cybersecurity Month! Two Chances to Win You can enhance your chances of winning by enrolling in two different ways. 1. Enrol in our Brightspace Security Awareness Course Enrol in our Security Awareness Course through Brightspace and complete at least... More

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