Sep 15, 2025

Information Strategy and Services (ISS) has been strategically iterating on infrastructure and performance solutions for our university community through data-driven initiatives. As part of this work, our web team has migrated Sitefinity – our enterprise website platform – to a cloud-based, vendor-hosted solution. Moving Sitefinity to the cloud offers improved service reliability, improved performance and scalability to grow with the campus. Sitefinity currently powers over 300 university websites across the CU Anschutz and CU Denver campuses and receives 25 million annual visits.

Sep 15, 2025

In the flexible work environment that Teams Calling provides, your physical location changes as you move around using different devices, which makes accurate location data essential for emergency response. Location data is only accessed if Teams Calling is used to place a 911 emergency call. It is not tracked for any other purpose. The Location Services Standard outlines the Standard for enabling location services for Microsoft Teams Calling on university-owned devices at CU Anschutz and CU Denver.  

Jul 17, 2025

Microsoft will discontinue support for the Windows 10 operating system in October 2025. After this date, Windows 10 devices will no longer receive important security patches or performance updates. In alignment with the Baseline Secure Computing Standards, the Endpoint Management team has been working with IT professionals across the CU Denver and CU Anschutz campuses to update all university-owned Windows workstations to Windows 11 by July 31, 2025, to avoid a decline in computing performance for our Windows users and any potential security risks.

Jul 17, 2025

The university’s one year pilot of SensusAccess is coming to an end on July 31, 2025. This tool will no longer be provided by the Office of Information Technology (OIT). If you currently use SensusAccess to convert documents into a range of alternate and accessible media, your access will go away at the end of July. If you have an Adobe Creative Cloud or Adobe Acrobat license, that may work for you as an alternative solution for these tasks.

Oct 28, 2025

Cybercriminals may make repeated MFA requests, sometimes with many requests in a very short period of time, which is known as an MFA (Duo) Fatigue Attack.  The malicious actor is hoping you will hit “Approve” just to make the alerts go away. Don’t fall for this tactic, never hit “Approve” unless it’s you; call the Service Desk for immediate help if you experience this. 

Oct 28, 2025

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the latest tool to enhance the way you do your work. As with any tool, it is important to use it wisely and be aware of limitations and security risks. Before using any AI platform, either at the university or at home—be mindful of using it with the following types of information: Confidential data, be aware of hallucinations, and medical or diagnostic questions. When using AI with your work for the university, be sure to use one of the university-approved AI tools that has already been assessed for risk and compliance.

Aug 19, 2025

With all the methods bad actors use to try and gain access to your information, it can be challenging to tell the difference between spam or phishing. Reporting is what is most important, so if you identify spam or phishing report it using the built-in "Report" button along the top toolbar; the "Report Message" add-in; or you can right-click the message, hover over "Report" and choose "Junk" or "Phishing."