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OIS To Provide Access To Online Security Conference

OIS To Provide Access To Online Security Conference

Friday, May 11, 2012

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The Office of Information Security (OIS) will be hosting professional development sessions for Information Security Analysts (ISAs) and other interested staff members. The EDUCAUSE Security Professionals Conference will run from Tuesday, May 15 through Thursday, May 17. While the actual conference is being held in Indianapolis, an online version will be available for those who [...]

Changed To A Passphrase Yet?

Changed To A Passphrase Yet?

Friday, May 4, 2012

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It has been a couple of months since the new Passphrase Reset process was rolled out. The entire UTSA community (students, faculty, staff) was asked to be proactive and change their myUTSA password to a passphrase. While the response has been good, we can certainly do better. By rule, all passwords will expire sometime [...]

Announcements/Staff Changes/Jobs (5/11/12)

Fri, May 11, 2012

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Staff Changes
Welcome to George “Chip” Meadows, Jr., Senior Information Security Analyst (Office of Information Security) whose first day will be Monday, May 14.
Currently Posted for Recruitment in STARS
Network Technician/Support Specialist I [...]

Need Furniture? Check This Out

Fri, May 11, 2012

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Need Furniture? Check This Out

There have been some office moves lately, which means that there is some furniture available (see pics in our Flickr stream). If you would like to use some of these pieces in your office, please contact Vanessa Kenon, ext. 8045.

@the Weekend (5/11/12)

Fri, May 11, 2012

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Sisters Grimm Candlelight Ghost Tour
Downtown San Antonio
$15 adults $10 children (12 and under)
Nightly; see website for dates and times
Are you brave enough to take a night time 90-minute walking tour of haunted San Antonio? The tour, which is hosted by storytellers in period costume, begins at the Alamo and visits a number of downtown [...]

Tech Tips and Tricks (5/11/12)

Fri, May 11, 2012

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Tech Tips and Tricks (5/11/12)

Mac Releases OS X Updates
Several Mac OS X system updates were released on May 9. Choose “Software Update…” from the Apple menu in Mac OS X to see if any are needed for your system, or visit the Apple Software Downloads site for more information. Keep up to date on Mac topics at the [...]

Announcements/Staff Changes/Jobs (5/4/12)

Fri, May 4, 2012

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Staff Changes
No staff changes this week.
Currently Posted for Recruitment in STARS
Systems Analyst II (UNIX) [...]

Congratulations OIT Graduates

Fri, May 4, 2012

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Congratulations OIT Graduates

The Office of Information Technology would like to congratulate the following OITSS graduates:
Christina Robledo (Dec 2011), Whitney Wright and Ladene Nelson (walking the stage and finishing up next semester).

Kudos (5/4/12)

Fri, May 4, 2012

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Kudos (5/4/12)

For John Chismar, Giau Phan, Charles Bradley
Thank you all for the great job this week. We had a lot going on and it all went off well thanks to the awesome help and support. John Chismar did an amazing job getting the Smart Board up and going for us and we really appreciate [...]

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