Info Security Awareness Week – October 7–11 – free shredding and drive disposal

This is the third annual Information Security Awareness Week hosted by IS&T’s Information Security Team….

MGHPCC Becomes First University Research Data Center Awarded LEED® Platinum Certification

The Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center (MGHPCC) has become the first university research data center to receive a LEED® Platinum certification, the highest green building ranking. The MGHPCC is also one of only 13 data centers in the country to receive a Platinum certification. Computing centers are typically large users of energy. Boston University…

Resolved – Service Impacting Incident: Some WordPress websites websites are down

WordPress websites were unavailable. Full service has been restored….

Resolved: MyPrint and BU Maps are unavailable

IS&T teams have resolved the incident.

BU Search and BU Directory are running slowly

Boston University search and directory are running slowly. IS&T teams are aware of the issue and are working to resolve it as quickly as possible….

Resolved: MyPrint, BU Web Search, BU Maps, BU Calendar, and the online Directory are currently unavailable

IS&T teams have resolved the incident.

Resolved: MyPrint, BU Web Search, BU Maps, BU Calendar, and the online Directory are currently unavailable

Incident Discovery Time: 07:27am on 10/03/2013 Time of Resolution: 07:37am on 10/03/2013 Services Impacted: BU Directory, BU Maps, MyPrint, Web Search Description of Impact MyPrint, BU Web Search, BU Maps, BU Calendar, and the online Directory were unavailable. Incident Description and Resolution IS&T teams have resolved the incident. Additional Information The cause of this incident…

Resolved: Blackboard Learn is unavailable

IS&T teams have resolved the incident with vendor assistance.

2013 October Patch Listing

See below for security related patches released Between 10/01/13 and 10/31/13 Please note: Not all of these patches will be applicable to every machine, but all are included for informational purposes. Apple Apple 2013-10-03 Mac OS X 10.8.5 Supplemental Update Apple 2013-10-22 Apple Remote Desktop 3.5.4 Client Apple 2013-10-22 Apple Remote Desktop 3.7 Client Apple…

Wireless connection issues at some locations

Some people have reported an inability to connect to the internet (802.1x) wirelessly. IS&T teams are aware and investigating….