Malicious phishing and malware emails continue to target members of the university community. All of these various attacks induce readers to click on a link to a malicious website—often a very convincing rendition of the Northeastern login page. As part of the ongoing effort to combat these attacks, ITS will roll out Microsoft’s Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) in […]
As part of the university’s initiative to protect your data and privacy, we have partnered with IBM’s Mobile Device Management (MDM) team to provide Northeastern employees with a simple, secure solution to your mobile security concerns — MaaS360. What is MaaS360? MaaS360 is a mobile device management application intended to secure and protect the data and […]
As part of our continuing efforts to improve your myNortheastern portal experience, we will be making some key fixes and updates to the portal in the coming weeks. We are excited to provide you with a modern portal experience, and we are confident these updates will enhance the functionality and your overall use of myNortheastern […]
Northeastern ITS continues to roll out new security measures to better protect you and your information. One of our primary focuses over the past year has been to better secure your email and stop all of those pesky phish from spamming your inbox. DUO, our multi-factor authentication service, has already been integrated with a host […]
Northeastern ITS is working hard to give you even easier access to your HuskyMail account. We have integrated HuskyMail with the myNortheastern portal to provide students with immediate access to their email right from the homepage on the portal. Access HuskyMail From the MyNortheastern Homepage On myNortheastern, your inbox is located on the home screen. Once you […]
The fourth annual Technology in Teaching Expo (TEXPO), presented by Northeastern Academic Technology Services (ATS), will be held on Thursday, May 3 in the Interdisciplinary Science & Engineering Complex (ISEC). This year, we were pleased to welcome Andrew Todd Marcus, Chief Academic Officer of the Nuvu Studio as our keynote speaker. The Nuvu Studio is a […]
Why VHS retirement? As Northeastern continues to transform its classrooms and conference rooms, we are working hard to provide modern and digital solutions for our faculty, staff and students. In addition, monitor, PC, and signal processor equipment manufacturers are no longer supporting the VHS format. That means there are no new players, recorders, or spare […]
Our new virtual application service, Appcloud, and the latest version of the Application Distribution method for Northeastern-managed Windows computers, AppV 5.1, are now available. The current standard supported operating systems are Windows 10 and Mac OS X Sierra with Microsoft Office 2016. Reminders: Be sure to update your Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) software and Virtual […]
Passwords to the university’s enterprise systems are a vital part of securing access to university data. In order to better protect against an ever changing threat landscape, as well as updated security recommendations, ITS will be implementing a change in the complexity requirements for all faculty and staff passwords. What are the new requirements? Moving […]
Communicating with your friends, family and fellow students is now easier than ever. Students can now use Skype for Business to chat, call or video conference while on campus or anywhere in the world. Communicate using messaging, voice calls, and video calls, and let people know your availability with your online status when using Skype […]