Cyber security threats can cause you to lose work or financial information but installing antivirus software can help avoid this. Unless you forget to update it that is! Luckily, University ownedContinue reading Update your personally owned computer’s antivirus while at the University

We experienced and fault yesterday (3rd July 2019) with our storage infrastructure that affected access to storage for some users. While fixing the fault the University website was unavailable forContinue reading Storage and UoR web outage 3rd July

A group account is a Windows log-on shared by a number of people. We know group accounts are useful but they are problematic from a security and licensing perspective andContinue reading The way we manage group accounts is changing – improving security

The University VPN is currently at max capacity because a large amount of people working from home due to the open day parking guidelines. We have hit the max numberContinue reading VPN issue – at max capacity due to open day

All services affected by the outage earlier this week are back to normal but we will be monitoring them as an extra precaution. We apologise for the inconvenience this outageContinue reading 12:20 19/06/19 Hardware issue – affecting some online University services

We are receiving reports of a scam phone call coming into staff phone lines. The caller claims to be a IT Support company (in this case ‘MW Support’) affiliated withContinue reading Scam phone call alert – “TeamViewer”

We have been receiving reports of a recent phishing email making it into University inboxes. The email claims to be from the Chancellor and has the subject line “Professional ProgramContinue reading Spam email alert – “Professional Program and Ethical Conduct Program “

UPDATE: The previously affected services are still running as normal. The services are still considered ‘at risk’ and we will be monitoring them this evening and tomorrow. Last night at Continue reading Network issue – now resolved – affected some University services

We have been receiving reports of a recent phishing email making it into University inboxes. The email claims to be from the Vice Chancellor and has the subject line “ProfessionalContinue reading Spam email alert – “Professional Development Opportunity”

We have been receiving reports of a recent phishing email making it into University inboxes. The email claims to be from a different University and uses parts of your emailContinue reading Phishing email warning – “View entire message”