New AI Guidance to be released soon

The AI Guidance document for the University, “Principles for Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools and Services” is under review and will be released soon. PC Shea, the University’s Privacy Officer, has facilitated and coordinated this effort at UD, and will...

New Outlook External Email Banner and Indicators

In an effort to assist users with identifying emails from external sources that might pretend to be from a trusted, internal source, UDIT has added some new visual indicators to Outlook emails as of July 3, 2024. Gmail users already had an indicator, but now Outlook...

2024-25 Security Awareness Education to be released Sept. 9

This year’s Security Awareness training will be released on September 9th, and it has two parts:  (1) A compliance-mandated, interactive video, presented in multiple short segments that may be viewed by segment or all at once – whatever fits your schedule....

Back to school with security in mind

Congratulations on being at UD!  Whether you’re a new or returning student, faculty or staff member, the start of the school year is a good time to think about making sure you are ready to keep your technology and your personal information safe!  As higher...

Updated patches for most Apple products

On July 29, Apple issued multiple security updates to address vulnerabilities impacting many current Apple products.  Review the July 29 entries on the Apple security updates page: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222 Please upgrade to the latest patched software...

Microsoft Patches July 2024

There are multiple critical patches for July. Please note that if additional attack vectors or new exploits are released the priority for remediation will change. Testing and patching should be started for all systems. Systems using Sharepoint, Hyper-V and system...

Google Chrome patches – Updated May 24, 2024

Google has released updated patches to address several vulnerabilities. Please review your browser version to make sure you are running the most recent stable release. The remediated stable version for Windows and Mac users is version 125.0.6422.112 or or later and...

Apple patches available for most products

Apple has published patches on May 14, 2024 that are recommended for testing and installation on all impacted systems. Some of the vulnerabilities may allow remote code execution. Please review the following advisories and apply necessary updates:  Safari 17.5 iOS...

Microsoft May 2024 Security Updates

There are known exploits for 2 of the new vulnerabilities released. Neither of these expose remote code execution. This patch is critical for SharePoint systems. Exploit code is expected for a vulnerability that allows an attacker to execute any desired code on the...