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NEWS BRIEFS: Web CMS now lives with IET

Information and Educational Technology has assumed responsibility for the 嘿嘿视频 Web content management system, or , a service that helps the campus create and maintain websites with a consistent look and user experience. The service will continue much as before, offering the same features, training and support.

Strategic Communications (then called University Communications) and IET co-founded the Web CMS in 2009. Strategic Communications transferred its share of the managing tasks to IET in July, following a review of the service as Web CMS administrator Rick Hill prepared to retire.

The realignment lets each department play to its strengths.

鈥(The work) continues to be a partnership, which it鈥檚 always been,鈥 said Zak Edson, director of web and interactive communications for Strategic Communications. 鈥淭he change just shifts responsibilities to where they make the most sense.

鈥淲e鈥檙e still heavily involved in standards and branding, and how best to achieve user needs through the CMS,鈥 he said.

The Web CMS supported 354 sites as of July 21. 鈥淲e鈥檝e grown from 318 sites in February 2014," said Jessica Hayes, analyst, whose job has moved from Strategic Communications to IET. 鈥淲e average about two or three new sites a week.鈥

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Phishing email uses 'At Your Service' disguise

The campus blocked a website involved in an "At Your Service" phishing email sent to about 1,100 嘿嘿视频 accounts the morning of Aug. 4

The message 鈥 from "At Your Service" and carrying a the subject line "Security Alert !!!" 鈥 claimed the recipient's email account had been hacked. The message, with grammatical errors, ordered the recipient to follow a link and enter his or her credentials in a website that included copy from UC's At Your Service Online.
 
"The message's urgent tone and order to respond are typical of a phishing scam," said Cheryl Washington, the campus's schief information security officer. "But the use of the 'At Your Service' language might cause some recipients to wonder if the message is legitimate. It is not.
 
Anyone who ever doubts the validity of a message that purports to come from 嘿嘿视频 should contact the IT Express Service Desk, (530) 754-HELP (4357). "Anyone tricked into disclosing their passphrase should immediately reset their passphrase," Washington said.
 

TRAINING: 鈥楽tay Day鈥 and Management Skills Assessment Program

Stay Day 2014: Passion for Life, Education and Service 鈥 Organized by Student Affairs for staff members who work directly with students. The program will feature presentations by other staff on best practices, strategies and research to spark dialogue and collaboration among staff, to help in their dealings with students. 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 20, .

Management Skills Assessment Program 鈥 A systemwide opportunity for high potential, early career supervisors, managers and professionals for future leadership opportunities. Scheduled Oct. 13-16, the program has room for seven people from 嘿嘿视频: four from the main campus and three from the health system. Applications must be submitted online by noon Wednesday (Aug. 6).

UC Ready tabletop exercise set for Aug. 15

Campus departments and units with plans in progress or completed are encouraged to participate in a tabletop exercise on Friday, Aug. 15.

The annual exercise helps units assess their plans to quickly resume or continue essential operations in the context of an emergency scenario (it changes every year). The UC Office of the President鈥檚 goal is for every unit on all campuses to have UC Ready plans by December 2014.

Two tabletop sessions are being offered: 9 a.m. to noon, focusing on administrative units; and 1 to 4 p.m., focusing on research and academic units. Both will be held at the .

To sign up, send an RSVP by email, providing department name and number of participants.

The includes an online planning tool that provides a framework, and prompts users to identify critical functions, key personnel, vital information, supplies and more.

 

 

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