The Office of Information Security Services is taking steps to ensure all data on university-owned computers is encrypted and secure. Ball State uses Dell Data Protection (DDP) end point security encryption software to help protect all university-owned Mac and Windows computers. It provides full-system data protection by using various methods of encryption. DDP encrypts and […]
Mark Watters, Director of the Enterprise Project Support Office (EPSO) has announced the addition of Mike Parsley to the EPSO Project Management team. Mike previously served as technology support for the Teachers College for 8 years. During that time, he provided general tech support for faculty and students, as well as administering the assessment data […]
The Office of Information Security Services has announced that Josh Flaherty has passed the Splunk Power User certification. This certification demonstrates an individual’s foundational competence of Splunk’s core software. This includes the understanding of SPL searching and reporting commands and creating knowledge objects, use of field aliases and calculated fields, creating tags and event types, […]
I hope you have had a chance to read the President’s June 12, 2020, email as well as our Return to Campus Plan for Employees. If you have not yet reviewed the plan, please do so as it includes essential information about the required safety practices and health screening processes for those returning to the office. […]
As Fall semester approaches, you may be considering one or more Information Technology events for students, faculty, or staff and are wondering how to go about it during the COVID-19 pandemic. If so, then the newly created Event Management and Community Engagement Guidebook is what you are looking for. “As the Ball State campus starts […]
Recently, the Ball State Teachers College leadership recognized a very big gap in the resources being provided to K-12 teachers in their attempts to move instruction online and, with fall still presenting a great deal of uncertainly, the time was right for some helpful information from the Teachers College faculty. In coordination with Kate Shively, […]
The WFMT Jazz Network will be added to the IPR listening schedule starting July 4. On the first Saturday of every month from 8-10 pm, you will have the listening pleasure of the Jazz Network recorded in Chicago. You will hear selections from the 2019 Chicago Jazz Festival along with other great performances throughout 2020. […]
Brandon Campbell, Assistant Director of Unified Technology Support, has announced that Jerry Pierce will be joining the Information Technology support staff as a Senior IT Support Technologist, effective July 1st, 2020. “Jerry brings many years of experience supporting the Department of Journalism technology and computer labs, and will be working out of the Tech Center, BL101. […]
In addition to the normal day-to-day tasks of providing customer support and getting ready for the return to campus, Information Technology’s support staff have repurposed several computers for loan to Muncie Community Schools. Since all Ball State testing labs are now permanently closed, IT’s support staff has been moving the computers from the RB134 Testing […]
As you know, the Board of Trustees authorized the Return to Campus Plan, which the president shared in late May. If you have not yet read the Return to Campus Plan, I encourage you to do so. The campus plan includes information about the University’s strategy to reopen the campus and, importantly, to welcome our […]
