Help in recycling toner effort

New process saves money and environmental impact

Single Sign-on Pilot

We are about to launch the next phase of the Identity Management initiative. Wonder where it is and how it's going? Part of the pilot but you misplaced your notes? Check out Reaching for the Single Sign-on Solution site for more information.

Beware: in cyberspace, sharks go 'phishing'

A recent attack from foreign shores reminds us there’s no safe harbor from today’s pirates.

MUSC was the most recent target of a sophisticated e-mail attack that has been threatening universities around the world since the beginning of the year. These attacks are called ‘phishing’ and roll in like a cyber tsunami. The source of the latest attacks has been traced to Nigeria where cyber crime is a major growth industry. (More)

Wireless Computing

We've come to expect a lot from computers. Beautiful graphics, great sound, answers to our questions at our fingertips. They're take-anywhere, do-anything genies with lightning response times. There are times, however, when the performance can't keep up with the promise—wireless computing. (More)

IT Strategic Plan

For 2006-2009 is available for viewing in PDF format.

Web sites being improved to assist people with disabilities

You might not notice anything different about the Web sites at MUSC, but changes are under way to enhance the way people with disabilities access information on our Web sites. Read the Catalyst article. <More>

Scrub away your troubles: wipe that hard disk clean.

You wouldn’t leave a patient’s file on a cafeteria table and walk away, would you? And you wouldn’t leave an employee’s personnel file in a waiting room, right? Is there any way you’d entrust your proprietary research data to a stranger on the street? Or leave your pay stub in the lunchroom over the weekend? Well, sending your computer to surplus with the hard drive intact amounts to these same things. <More>

Phishy e-mails?

• How Not to Get Hooked by a ‘Phishing’ Scam
• Help prevent identity theft from phishing scams
• What is Phishing?

Block that Spam!

Don't be a space hog

The technical team charged with preserving, protecting, and defending the limited common file storage space for more than 9,000 computer users fights a daily battle of the bloat trying to monitor this space for inappropriate or excessively large files. Read the Catalyst article.

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