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Upcoming 2022 Winter Break Maintenance

Wednesday, December 21, 2022

CaTS will be performing maintenance over Winter Break (12/23 – 1/2) causing service outages for the following systems:
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Date: Monday, December 26
Time: 7 a.m. – 3 p.m.

CaTS will be performing updates to our VDI environment which will require all virtual machines to be shut down. Your VDI will be unavailable during this maintenance period.

CaTS recommends saving any work that you have open, and power down your machine prior to the maintenance date and time.
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Date: Tuesday, December 27
Time: 6 a.m. – 9 a.m.

CaTS will be performing upgrades to the Banner system, causing both WINGS Express and Banner 9 Admin to be unavailable during this time.
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Date: Tuesday, December 27
Time: 8 a.m. - Noon

CaTS will be performing system maintenance on networking equipment and devices which could cause intermittent connection and access issues to the following services during the first hour (8 a.m. – 9 a.m.): 

  • Dayton Campus wired and wireless networks
  • Residence hall access  
  • Lake Campus and NCMR networks

Access to local network services such as the Home (H:/) drive, VoIP phones, etc. from academic buildings should not be impacted during this maintenance. 
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If you have any questions about the maintenance listed above, contact the CaTS Help Desk at 937-775-4827, or email helpdesk@wright.edu.

Wright1 Card Outage for 11/22-11/23

Monday, November 21, 2022

CaTS will be performing an upgrade to the Wright1 Card system beginning Tuesday, 11/22 at 5 p.m. through Wednesday, 11/23 at 5 p.m. During this time, the following Wright1 Card services will be unavailable:

  • Use of Wright 1 Card to purchase items at any of the locations that accept this as a method of payment, including vending areas
  • Printing using the Wright1 Card as a method of payment
  • Lake Campus Residents' Laundry facility
  • Ability to create Wright1 Cards of any kind (new/replacement Wright1 Card creation)

Door swipe access for current Wright1 Card holders and printing using a FOAP for cost recovery instead of personal funds (RaiderCash) will NOT be impacted by this maintenance.

If you have any questions about this maintenance, please contact the CaTS Help Desk at 937-775-4827 or helpdesk@wright.edu.

Quarterly Security Update: Fall 2022

Monday, November 14, 2022

Quarterly Security Update: Two-Factor Authentication Exploits

Two-factor authentication is a powerful tool in the prevention of unauthorized access to email, Office 365 applications, WINGS and WINGS Express, etc.  Unfortunately, hackers can trick individuals into giving away information that would allow access to all of our systems, even with 2FA in place.  This is not a theory, it has happened to a few of our users here at Wright State.  I’ll try to explain how this account compromise can take place and how you can protect yourself against being the victim of this type of attack.

This type of attack starts through email.  A phishing email purporting to be from one of WSU’s departments, such as Payroll, is sent to multiple individuals.  The user is asked to login into our payroll system using a link provided in the email.  This link does not lead to any of our systems, but rather to a page which appears to be our standard authentication page.  If the user were to look closely at the URL of this page pretending to be ours, they would find that the page is hosted at a ‘.com’ site rather than a ‘.edu’ site.  This is the first clue something is wrong.

In this scenario the user logs in to what they think is one of Wright State’s systems.  Now the hacker has the individual’s username and password.  The next step is where the 2FA compromise takes place.  The user is sent to a page telling them to provide a one-time pass code from the DUO mobile app. This is another clue that something is wrong.  Our official DUO 2FA page offers several options on how to confirm your identity, such as a DUO Push, one-time passcode, or in some situations a phone call. On the hackers 2FA page the user has no options other than entering a one-time passcode. This should tell you this is not our 2FA page.

If the individual provides the one-time passcode, the hacker now has all they need to gain access to the user’s account.  The first thing the hacker will do is log in to DUO using the stolen username, password, and one-time passcode where they add their telephone as a second method to confirm 2FA requests.  The hacker now has all they need to continue to access any and all systems the user has rights to.

It’s important to pay close attention to the web pages links lead us to.  Take the time to confirm you are on a WSU webpage and not a ‘.com’ page. If you’re unsure if the email is legitimate, contact the department at WSU that the email claims to be coming from. Also, whenever possible, use DUO Push as your method of confirming your identity. The DUO Push authentication method is not subject to this type of attack.
 
Due to the weakness of one-time passcodes we may be forced to disable this option in order to protect the WSU community from such attacks.

Student Evaluations: Fall 2022

Monday, November 14, 2022

If you are teaching a course for Fall 2022, you should have received an email(s) from Evaluation Kit listing all the courses that will be evaluated, the evaluation type, and the number of students.

The dates the evaluations will be open is listed in the email. Please review instructions on how to verify your evaluations here: Video help on confirming your course evaluation.

If you are teaching Fall 2022 and:

  1. You did not receive an email(s)
  2. Not all your courses were listed
  3. The evaluation type is inaccurate
  4. The number of students is not correct;

Please contact the CaTS Help Desk at 937-775-4827, or helpdesk@wright.edu as soon as possible. A ticket will need to be logged with CaTS to resolve any issues, as the information is taken directly from the Banner system.

Please note the following reasons why a course may not be listed:

  1. If the enrollment was less than three students, the course will not be listed or evaluated through this process.
  2. If the course was less than 16 days, it will not be listed or evaluated through this process.
  3. If the course is cross listed, only the “main” course name will be listed. (The “main” course name should be listed.)
  4. If the course ends later in the semester, you will receive a communication four weeks before the end date of that course.
  5. If the course happens later in the semester, the evaluations will go out toward the end of the semester. 

Results cannot be made available until ALL grades for all courses are submitted for the Fall semester. If you have any questions, please contact the CaTS Help Desk at 937-775-4827, or helpdesk@wright.edu.

Important Information Regarding Sensitive Data in Emails

Thursday, October 27, 2022

CaTS has become aware that many individuals have been submitting Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) forms via email.  This form includes an individual’s Social Security Number and should not be sent via email.

If you have a need to send sensitive data, such as an SSN, bank account number, etc., please use SecureShare ([secureshare.wright.edu]secureshare.wright.edu) rather than email.  For more information on this service, or to request a SecureShare account, please visit http://www.wright.edu/information-technology/proofpoint-secureshare.

For more information concerning the University’s Information Security policy please review the following, section 11300.10 Email:  https://policy.wright.edu/policy/11300-it-security-policy.

Resolved: Current Issues With Webex Recordings in Pilot

Thursday, October 27, 2022

Previous issues with Webex course recordings not being published in Pilot have been resolved. Please be aware that it may take up to 26 hours after a recording has ended for it to appear in Pilot.

If you are still experiencing issues, please contact the CaTS Help Desk at helpdesk@wright.edu.

Current Issues With Webex Recordings in Pilot

Wednesday, October 26, 2022

At this time, Wright State faculty members may experience issues with Webex course recordings not being published in Pilot. Cisco/Webex is aware of this issue and is currently working on a solution.

To manually post your Webex recordings in Pilot, follow the instructions below:

  1. Log in to wright.webex.com using your Wright State credentials
  2. Click ‘Recordings’ on the lefthand side of the Webex homepage
  3. Find the course recording(s) you wish to share to Pilot; click on ‘Share’ icon to the right of the recording
  4. Copy the video’s ‘Public Link’ and the password associated with the recording
  5. Log in to pilot.wright.edu using your Campus ‘w’ username and password, and paste the video link and password to the respective course

CaTS will notify Campus once this issue has been resolved. If you have any questions, please contact the CaTS Help Desk at 937-775-4827 or helpdesk@wright.edu.

Important Information Regarding Pilot

Wednesday, October 19, 2022

Thank you for reading this important message about the 3rd and final phase of the CaTS-ITS Resource Alignment and Retention Project outlining the purge of Pilot course data.

Why is this happening?
The CaTS-ITS department worked with the Faculty Senate IT Subcommittee during the March 2022 meeting and shared the need for a retention schedule for Pilot. A retention schedule ensures system security best practices, but it will allow for improved system performance and reduce storage needs.  

When is this happening?
ITS will delete courses that have not been accessed in the last six academic years on Thursday, May 4, 2023. Courses that show no record of access before the date of July 31, 2016, will be purged from Pilot.  ITS is working from a September 2022 database to make the determinations.

Going forward, Pilot course content will be kept for six academic years at a time and ITS will complete an annual purge.

What do I need to do?
Extended time has been given so that faculty and staff can download courses you may want to preserve. Instructions can be found at http://www.wright.edu/its-project starting October 21, 2022.

ITS will not backup this course data.

Where will I store my courses and who can help?
Courses can be zipped and downloaded to local, network or OneDrive storage.
Please contact the CaTS Help Desk at 937-775-4827 or helpdesk@wright.edu if you have any questions.

We appreciate your attention to this important message. 

Email Impersonation Scam Notice 9/7/22

Wednesday, September 7, 2022

The Help Desk has recently seen an increase in email phishing scams that target Wright State members by attempting to impersonate Faculty or Staff.

Impersonation emails appear to be coming from a Wright State individual, but are actually coming from an outside email service such as Gmail.

Please be aware that this is a scam. As always, do NOT click on any links or download any documents that may be contained in these emails, and do not respond to this email with any personal information. Please make sure that you check the email address the message is coming from, and verify with the actual Wright State employee if there is a question if they actually sent it. If you ever have concerns or questions, please forward the message to the CaTS Help Desk at helpdesk@wright.edu.

Campus Phone Maintenance for 9/5

Wednesday, August 31, 2022

On Monday, September 5th from 7 – 8 a.m., CaTS will be performing system maintenance on the campus phone lines, which could potentially cause intermittent phone connectivity issues when placing or receiving external phone calls. On-campus phone calls will not be affected by this maintenance.

While CaTS is performing the system maintenance, in the event of an emergency or if you need police assistance, please continue to call x2111 or 911 from any campus phone.  If you are calling from an outside line, please call our non-emergency line at (937) 409-1845.

If you have any questions or experience issues after this maintenance window, please call the CaTS Help Desk at 937-775-4827, or email helpdesk@wright.edu.

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