Information Strategy and Services (ISS) serves both the CU Anschutz and CU Denver campuses and encompasses the units previously identified as the Office of Information Technology (OIT); Information Security and IT Compliance (ISIC); and Information, Data Enablement and Assurance (IDEA).
With the launch of the CU Anschutz rebranding effort, we seized the opportunity to update our identity to simplify and strengthen our connection with the university community. Over the course of 2026, we will be removing our individual unit names (OIT, ISIC, IDEA) and will be one ISS.
Grammarly is available for purchase in the OnTheHub software store at an extremely discounted rate of $36 per user, per year. That's over 70% in savings for university users compared to the regular list price. Grammarly is available to all university faculty, staff and students. After purchasing your university license through the software store, you will use your university credentials to log in and access the numerous benefits of Grammarly.
In December 2025, the paid license of Microsoft 365 Copilot has been reduced from $360 per user per year to $216 per user per year. To procure a secure Microsoft 365 Copilot license, please visit the OnTheHub software store.
CU Anschutz has made meaningful progress in advancing digital accessibility across our campus. From expanding our resources and training to increasing our engagement and accessibility scores for websites and course materials, these efforts reflect our shared commitment to creating a digital environment with equal access for all. As we celebrate these achievements, it’s important to stay informed about how we can continue to meet the requirements of Colorado’s Accessibility Law (HB21-1110) and build on the momentum we’ve created together.
ISS and Denver OIT have partnered with Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) to put on a free, one-day event on each campus for university faculty and staff to drop off old university electronics for secure recycling. Only university devices will be accepted and only the devices listed below. Laboratory equipment and personal devices are NOT accepted at this event.
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.
New Skillsoft Security Awareness Course Requirement Reminder
Dec 1, 2023
The University of Colorado now requires university employees to complete the Information Security Awareness Skillsoft training every two years to help maintain proper campus security safeguards. If you have not completed the course training within the past two years, remember to complete this new systemwide requirement. The deadline for completion was November 30, 2023. If you did not complete this training by that date, you will receive individual reminder emails from Skillsoft to do so. More information is available in the fall CU Anschutz campus announcement and on the CU Office of Information Security webpage and FAQs.
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