Vice President for Information Technology Status and Activity Report for April 2025 Prepared by Timothy M. Chester, Vice President for Information Technology (VPIT) 1. Key Items for Faculty and Staff Meetings •
Spring Cybersecurity Training due April 30, 2025: State of Georgia employees, including all UGA employees and student workers, must complete spring cybersecurity awareness training by April 30, 2025. 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 course is conducted online through KnowBe4 and provides actionable and effective training on good cybersecurity practices. To complete the training, log in to the KnowBe4 Portal, https://training.knowbe4.com/auth/saml/8840131a04b53, with your MyID and password. Once you log into 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 dropdown menu under your name in the upper right corner of the screen. Click on the 'My Training' option to view your available training. Through April, you may receive several UGAMail reminders about completing the training until you have completed it. These automated reminders will come from Ben Myers at bmyers@uga.edu and will have the subject line: USG Mandatory Cybersecurity Awareness Training Due April 30, 2025. Faculty, staff, and student employees who have questions about the training should contact the EITS Help Desk at 706-542-3106. f, and student employees who have questions about the training should contact the EITS Help Desk at 706-542-3106.
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QuestionPro Survey Research Tool Now Available: QuestionPro is the new enterprise survey research tool available to students, faculty, and staff free of charge. This platform includes tools for the creation, distribution, and analysis of surveys, along with tabletbased mobile research and data visualization. QuestionPro was launched for campus use by faculty and staff on March 17, 2025, and the first migration and training workshop was held on March 26. If you are not able to attend the first workshop, there will be two additional workshops on April 15 and May 22, as well as an Ask Me Anything session with QuestionPro on April 24. All faculty and staff will have access to Qualtrics through December 2025 to provide time for this transition. For more information about QuestionPro, visit https://eits.uga.edu/about/initiatives/survey_tool/questionpro/ or contact surveytools@uga.edu. To register for upcoming workshops and sessions, visit https://eits.uga.edu/about/initiatives/survey_tool/migrationworkshops/.
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Qualtrics Transitioning to Cost-Sharing Program: Qualtrics will transition to a costsharing program where the university covers 50% of Qualtrics usage costs, while departments, schools, and colleges will be responsible for the remaining 50%, allocated according to their employees continued use of Qualtrics. All current faculty and staff account holders will continue to have access to Qualtrics through December 2025, but only departments participating in the cost-sharing program will retain access in January 2026. Sample per-survey response rates and estimated annual fees have been provided to deans and CBOs to aid in their evaluation of the continued use of Qualtrics. Departments that wish to pay for continued use of Qualtrics will be asked to opt in by May 1, 2025. For more information, visit https://eits.uga.edu/about/initiatives/survey_tool/qualtrics/ or contact surveytools@uga.edu.
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Duo Multi-Factor Authentication for Retirees, Departmental, and Microsoft 365 Cloud ZAccounts: Throughout 2025, EITS has been working to implement Duo Multi-Factor
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