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Reminders and Updates for Researchers

Mar 27, 2024

OIT is committed to supporting campus research endeavors by partnering with you to provide the resources needed to succeed. To strengthen your groundbreaking work, OIT offers a suite of tools to help enhance your research:

High Performance Computing – Our partnership with Boulder provides the computational power you need to tackle complex simulations, data analysis, and modeling tasks efficiently. It is not available for highly confidential data, including HIPAA regulated data.

BioRender – Visualizing your research findings is key for publications and presentations; check out the user-friendly platform to add icons and drawings to your research communication.

Google Cloud Platform – Store, manage and analyze your data with this cloud-based collaborative resource.

GitHub – OIT partners with all four campuses to manage this platform allowing for a centralized location for code review, version control and collaboration.

NIH STRIDES – Our campus participates in the NIH STRIDES Initiative offering researchers access to a wide range of cloud-based research tools and services offered by Google Cloud Platform.

Google Workspace – in pilot and coming soon for collaborating with research partners on shared documents.

Browse the OIT researcher tools and services webpages to search for technology that will help you achieve your goals or contact us for help finding the right tools to support your research.

IT Security Awareness & Action

Restart Information Security Awareness Course in Percipio

Dec 17, 2025

While technology helps us accomplish a lot in our day-to-day lives, sometimes it is nuanced and can be challenging to navigate. Percipio has a known issue when retaking a course. To retake a course, you will need to follow the steps below in order for it to accurately track your latest attempt. If the date isn’t updated properly, Percipio doesn’t give you credit for retaking the course and it will continue to show that you are out of compliance with your university-required training. New hires will follow the normal process to launch the course for the first time in Percipio, but current employees will need to follow different steps to retake the course.
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Shopping Scams – Use Procurement Best Practices

Dec 17, 2025

To protect university information and secure your purchases, it’s always important to follow Procurement Service Center purchasing guidelines and best practices. CU Marketplace is the university’s official procurement system. For all university purchases, you should go through the CU Marketplace with your university account. Approved vendors within CU Marketplace may be running sales that you can take advantage of and accessing them through the Marketplace guarantees that you are accessing them through a secure and valid link.
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Cybersecurity and Different Generations

Oct 28, 2025

A recent Cybersecurity Awareness Month study completed by SANS Institute for Cybersecurity Training and Degrees revealed that different generations face different risks online and are more susceptible to certain types of cyberthreats. Read for best practices to use to protect your data at work and at home.
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Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Fatigue

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. 
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Using AI: Think Before You Act

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.
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Spam vs Phishing

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."
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