Information Technology and the College of Health are working with CynergisTek, a third party cybersecurity and privacy support services firm, to help implement security and privacy best practices. This assessment is designed to provide Ball State with reporting that includes practical and actionable recommendations to improve our overall security posture in relations to cybersecurity and […]
The Office of Information Security Services has announced that Josh Flaherty has passed the Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin exam. Josh completed the Splunk Power User certification in July and has now added this new certification to his accomplishments. This newest certification includes the ability to manage various components of Splunk Enterprise on a daily basis, […]
As of Monday, November 30, the Financial Information Systems and Technology team, led by Director Jeff George, is now part of the Division of Information Technology. Jeff’s team includes Enda Carey, Brenda Clark, Kathy Gaydos, and Fred Nay and will continue to work in their current offices in the Administration Building. The Financial Information Systems […]
Several team members of Information Technology’s Enterprise Project Support Office (EPSO) volunteered on November 5, 2020 to distribute food for the Second Harvest Food Bank of East Central Indiana. Second Harvest Food Bank of ECI is the region’s largest hunger-relief organization with a network of 96 agency partners and 35 schools in Blackford, Delaware, Grant, […]
Colleagues, As we get into cold weather and the holiday season approaches, I wanted to remind and encourage everyone to continue to follow our COVID-19 protocols diligently. Two of the most important tools we have in mitigating the virus’s spread are our social distance and mask policies. As you know, the CDC and our state […]
With the Fall semester soon coming to a close, Information Technology is now preparing for contact tracing needs for the upcoming Spring semester. Our current goal is to maintain 40 available contact tracers at all times. There are currently 22 active call tracers with the appropriate permissions, so contact tracer permissions will be reinstated for […]
There have been some questions asked around access to the various buildings on campus during the 2020-2021 academic year, especially during the semester break. The following is the official calendar for building access for the university. Academic Buildings & Mixed Used Buildings (Administrative and Academic) August 24 through November 24 Weekdays: 7:00 a.m. to end […]
Dear Colleagues, I wanted to let you know about a special Employee Flu Shot Clinic coming up on Friday, October 30 from 9:30-11:00am in Room BL 215 in Bracken Library. If you haven’t yet had the chance to get your flu shot for this season, this would be a good opportunity for you to do […]
Dr. Maureen McCarthy, Dean of the College of Science and Humanities, expressed her thanks to University Media Services staff members Josh Gremer and Nathan Murphy for their work in recording a video message from the Dean to the Dean’s List recipients. Josh coordinated the production and Nathan assisted on location. Josh made sure to communicate […]
The Office of Information Security has successfully enrolled all students into two-factor authentication for their Ball State accounts. This follows our 2019 employee rollout and now totals more than 27,000 active Duo users. As a result of this and other security tools implemented, OISS has seen a significant decline in compromised accounts. Moving forward, all […]
