Vice President for Information Technology Status and Activity Report for April 2022 Prepared by Timothy M. Chester, Vice President for Information Technology (VPIT) 1. Key Items for Faculty and Staff Meetings •
Spring cybersecurity awareness training for employees due April 29: University System of Georgia employees, including student workers, must complete spring cybersecurity awareness training by April 29. This required training takes place twice a year in April and October per USG policy and a directive by the executive order of Governor Brian Kemp. This professionally developed training is conducted online through KnowBe4 and provides a comprehensive education on good cybersecurity practices. To complete the training, log in to the KnowBe4 Portal at https://training.knowbe4.com/auth/saml/8840131a04b53 with your UGA MyID and password. Once you have logged in to the KnowBe4 portal you will be taken to UGA's training page. Click on the training to start. If no training appears, go to the drop-down menu under your name in the upper right corner of the screen. Click on the 'My Training' option to view your available training. Faculty, staff, and student employees who have questions about the training should contact the EITS Help Desk at 542-3106 or e-mail at helpdesk@uga.edu.
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Prepare for fall network maintenance: EITS plans to conduct a network maintenance on October 22. Network maintenances are necessary to continue to support the network, allowing EITS to provide ample bandwidth and Internet capacity to the University in the future. We typically conduct large network maintenances twice a year, during which campus Internet and campus information systems are usually inaccessible. For questions, contact Rayid Tartir at rayid@uga.edu.
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Verify your system access by April 29: In preparation for the financial state audit for FY22, EITS is conducting a verification of all user accounts for several systems. Verification began March 28 and includes Banner systems, the UGA Financial Management System, the UGA Budget Management System, OneUSG Connect and UGAJobs. Users with certain levels of access to these systems received emails in March, asking them to verify their access. Supervisors also need to review and decide to approve or deny access for employees under their purview. All verification processes are conducted in TeamDynamix and must be completed by April 29. For more information about the user verification process, please contact Lynn Wilson at llatimer@uga.edu.
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Sarah Wardlaw Jones named director of client services: Effective March 20, Sarah Wardlaw Jones has been named EITS Director of Client Services. As director, Jones will lead the teams responsible for many of our heavily used client facing services, including the EITS Help Desk, Client Technology Support, Team Dynamix, Zoom and other collaborative tools. Before coming to EITS, Jones supported the technology needs of faculty and staff at UGA’s College of Pharmacy as an IT senior manager in client support services, and instructional design and technology. She is also pursuing a master’s degree from UGA’s Mary Frances Early College of Education in learning, leadership and organization development. Faculty and staff with questions about EITS client services can contact Jones at swjones@uga.edu.
VPIT Status and Activity Report for April 2022
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