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Outage Alert - Nov 20 - Data Center Power Work Print
Contributed by johnh   
Thursday, 19 November 2009

The work for the FAB Data Center has been rescheduled
for Friday, November 20th.   The schedule currently
looks like 7pm through 3am.  During this power work,
OIT expects to bring most of their critical systems
down, including Banner, Blackboard, email, file services
and myPSU.

Because of the way this work is being staged, the CAT
will attempt to keep as many services up as possible.
However, some Windows related things, such as your
N: drive (and profile) as well as some software
packages may be unavailable because of OIT dependencies.
This may render our Windows labs/systems unusable for
many users during this outage.

The work in the data center is necessary in order to
proceed with maintenance work on the FAB fire panels.

If you have any questions, please contact:

 support@cat.pdx.edu

Janaka Jayawardena
Associate CIO - Technology
Office of Information Technologies

Last Updated ( Thursday, 19 November 2009 )
U3 software from USB devices being disabled on CAT supported Windows Systems Print
Written by Fester   
Tuesday, 10 February 2009

The U3 software is prevalent on a wide variety of USB sticks (thumb drives).  We have found that our users seldom use the functionality of this software and are often unaware of its existence until their user profile fills up, causing disruptions to their work until things are cleaned up.

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 03 March 2009 )
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Disabling autorun as a security precaution on CAT supported Windows Systems Print
Written by Fester   
Tuesday, 10 February 2009

A recent surge in attacks (notably the conficker worm) is using a capability known as "autorun" to travel from removable media to system and onward.

As a safety precaution, we intend to disable the "autorun" functionality on CAT supported Windows systems.

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 03 March 2009 )
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2009 Engineering Discovery Showcase Print
Written by johnj   
Monday, 12 January 2009

Friday, January 23, 2009 - Engineering Building, Intel / Gordon & Betty Moore Atrium - 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. (lunch served from 12-1:00 p.m.)

The Engineering Discovery Showcase is a fun, hands-on, interactive event for students interested in engineering and computer science. Meet PSU engineering and computer science faculty and students; learn about the Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science degree programs and innovative research opportunities through interactive lab tours. This is a great opportunity to discover more about student life as well as hands-on engineering design and research.

Below are photos taken at the 2008 Engineering Discovery Showcase. Showcase highlights from left to right are the human powered vehicle, the closing ceremony and the computer action team.

DEADLINE TO REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT IS TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2009 at 5PM.

TO REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT PLEASE CLICK HERE - Each individual participant (students, parents, teachers) must register online.

Last Updated ( Monday, 12 January 2009 )
PSU under spear phishing attack - keep your passwords to yourself Print
Written by Janaka Jayawardena   
Thursday, 06 November 2008
From my regular e-mails about this, you should all know the score... DO NOT send out any sensitive information via e-mail. Not SSNs, not passwords, not credit card information, nothing.

PSU is constantly being barraged by a prolonged spearphishing attack. Phishing is where the attacker tries to trick you into giving out sensitive information. Spear phishing is where the e-mails are specifically tailored to a target audience. It relies on social engineering the victim to fall for the e-mail and give up some information the attacker wants. Don't be one of those victims.
Last Updated ( Monday, 26 October 2009 )
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