Cyberween (formerly known as Cyberbowl) is an annual online competition between 12 Florida universities to raise awareness of relevant cybersecurity topics. The game takes place every October in honor of Cybersecurity Awareness Month and consists of 5 quiz-style questions. Students, faculty, and staff at all participating institutions are invited to…
GatorMail’s security features like the phish alert button, spam folder, and email encryption help protect users from cyberthreats and provide a secure email experience. GatorMail email encryption is a proactive way to require authentication, protecting sensitive or restricted information from being seen by unauthorized viewers. Note that encryption options are only…
Effective December 31, 2022, Google is applying a storage limitation to UF’s Google Workspace for Education.
On November 1, changes are being made to improve the security of UF GatorMail.
The UF Information Security Office’s annual summer contest is open June 1 – 30, 2022. This year, all you have to do is play Phishle — UFIT’s information security take on the popular game “Worldle®” — to qualify for weekly gift card drawings.
UF will begin applying existing UF email retention policies (Implemented February 2016) to all UFHealth and Pediatrics mailboxes beginning July 1, 2022. All emails in the Inbox and Sent Items folders older than 3 years will be automatically moved to your Deleted Items. See full notice on the Peds…
UFHealth IT will begin requiring 2FA (DUO) logins on Monday 11/8 for all remote logins to the UFH VDI (Virtual Desktop infrastructure) VMware View systems. This includes the Pediatrics Desktop VDI which is hosted in the UFH VDI system. This is the same as the 2FA (DUO) logins now being required…
The UFHealth VDI system, which the Pediatrics Desktop VDI is hosted on, is currently experiencing system wide issues for all UFHealth customers. The system is not accepting connections using the HTML access method. Connections can still be made using the VMware Horizon client. Connections external to UF (remote, eduroam Wi-Fi,…
The secure destruction of paper, electronic records, and media containing restricted data is required at the University of Florida. Failure to properly dispose of documents and media, such as hard drives, USBs, and CDs, that hold restricted data can cause significant risk to UF and its faculty, students, and staff.
Networking services have been restored. We apologize for this inconvenience. Original Alert: The UF Campus is currently experiencing networking outages and multiple services are being affected (e.g., Outlook, Zoom, Teams)…
