A Leader in Cybersecurity Transformation At the heart of WashU’s cybersecurity transformation is a dedicated team of professionals guided by the vision of strong leadership across WashU IT and supported by Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) Chris Shull. Among them is Alesya Bernatskaya, Program Director for the CyBear Secure Program, whose role as a facilitator has helped drive […]
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Orca Cloud Security
WashU IT is implementing a new cloud tool called Orca Security to provide robust protection across WashU’s cloud environments—including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud (GCP), and Microsoft Azure. Orca Security scans our cloud environments daily, actively identifying potential risks such as misconfigurations, vulnerabilities, identity issues, data security concerns, API exposures, and other issues. When […]
Research Computing Update: Compute2 Cluster Advances
WashU IT Research Infrastructure Services (RIS) is actively working on the delivery, installation, and configuration of hardware from each vendor. This is crucial in ensuring the cluster infrastructure meets Compute2’s highest performance, security, and reliability standards. The RIS team has completed each vendor’s delivery, installation, and configuration of hardware and are working on configuring the new SLURM job […]
The Capacity Management Corner: New Resources Announcement
New Resource Pages for Project & Program Managers and Resource Managers The Capacity Management team is thrilled to announce the launch of two new resource pages designed to support our community of Project & Program Managers, as well as our Resource Managers. These resource pages are tailored to provide you with the knowledge and tools […]
New Cognos Basics Training Available
Data Management & Analytics is excited to announce that a new e-learning module, Cognos Basics, is available in Learn@Work. This all-new module references the latest version of the Cognos Analytics tool and replaces the older Cognos Basics module.
Helping You Navigate WashU IT
Continuing our promise to provide seamless, accessible and transparent IT support and services to the university, WashU IT is excited to introduce the End User Experience (EUX) initiative. This team provides a centralized entrance for our stakeholders and customers so that, together, we can help you better navigate the world of IT. Within EUX, we’ve […]
Feedback Request: Salesforce Enterprise License Exploration
Resource Management is in the beginning phase of working with several campus partners on exploring an enterprise license with Salesforce. If your area already works with Salesforce or would like to in the future, please email Alexis Nugent at a.nugent@wustl.edu.
Introducing Box AI: A powerful new AI tool for faculty, staff, and students
WashU faculty, staff, and students now have access to Box AI, an innovative new tool that integrates generative artificial intelligence directly into the Box cloud storage platform. Whether drafting reports, analyzing research data, or managing large volumes of content, Box AI can help streamline workflow, enhance productivity, and provide deeper insights into stored documents. Box AI is already […]
Woolard selected as winner of 2024 WashU IT ImpacT award
WashU IT is proud to celebrate Sherri Woolard as the 2024 WashU IT Person of ImpacT. Woolard was among 12 distinguished awardees from within WashU IT who received nominations from more than one person. She was voted as the top award recipient during the January All Hands meeting, with nearly 340 of 510 meeting attendees […]
The Capacity Management Corner: Allocations for Capacity Management
WashU IT has adopted a 32-hour resource allocation model based on vendor-recommended best practices to improve our resource planning. Our goal is to allocate or plan, on average, 32 hours per week per resource for project or service operation (i.e., service op) projects, leaving 8 hours weekly for administrative (i.e., admin) tasks. While the plan […]