September 14, 2023
Tuesday, Sept. 19
12 pm - 12:45 pm
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VisualDx is an award-winning clinical decision support system used in over 2,300 hospitals, clinics, and medical schools worldwide. VisualDx is designed to enhance clinical decision-making, aid therapeutic decisions, and improve patient engagement at the point of care.
With VisualDx, clinicians can:
September 8, 2023
Apple recently released iOS security patch 16.6.1 to address a vulnerability that can exploit iPhones and other Apple devices and install malware without interaction from users. ITS recommends updating your affected Apple devices immediately.
September 7, 2023
With a new academic year starting, get a refresher on using our Canvas Learning Management System (LMS) to manage your online courses. This session will focus on:
- Organizing content into Modules
- Customizing the Tools Menu
- Using the Link Validator
- Ensuring your course is accessible
- Viewing your course in Student View
- New quizzes
Presenter: Cristina Koorie, ITS Educational Technologies
August 30, 2023
Demonstrating something at your next Zoom meeting? Consider using annotation tools! The Annotation feature in Zoom allows you to highlight parts of your screen to make them more prominent to your participants.
Watch our latest TipUp to learn how to use some annotation tools, and visit Zoom's official support site for more details. Check out our TipUp site to view our past episodes!
August 29, 2023
On Thursday, Sept. 7, ITS will implement a new login page for all Microsoft Office 365 accounts. Starting on this date, your O365 login page will look like this:
What am I responsible for should I manage an AWS self-service account?
- Resource Lifecycles: Self-service cloud accounts should not neglect resource lifecycle management. Users are responsible for properly managing and decommissioning resources they no longer require. Abandoned or underutilized resources can result in unnecessary costs and security vulnerabilities.
- Monitoring and Logging of resources: Monitoring and logging are essential for detecting and mitigating issues, identifying performance bottlenecks, and ensuring security. Self-service cloud accounts should include proper monitoring and logging practices to enable visibility into resource utilization, system health, and security events.
- Resource or application patching: Patching within the self-service accounts is the responsibility of the account owner.
Why should I open an AWS self-service account with ITS rather than directly with Amazon?
ITS would still provide a centralized oversight function. This ensures governance, compliance, and alignment with organizational policies and standards.
Are there any limitations on using an institutional AWS account?
Self-service cloud accounts are not intended for sensitive or confidential data. There are guidelines and access controls that are not in place to prevent unauthorized access or accidental exposure of sensitive information.
Accounts are also not suitable for hosting critical production systems or applications without proper governance and oversight. Mission-critical applications and systems may require specialized infrastructure, high availability, and more stringent operational processes that necessitate centralized management and monitoring.
For more information, please review our Cloud and AWS security standards.
What can I use an AWS self-service account for?
AWS accounts can be useful for several types of scenarios, including, but not limited to: developing and testing environments, running data for research or experimentation, creating hands-on training environments, innovating and prototyping proof-of-concepts, and for managing Agile and DevOps practices.
