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A warm welcome to our new WashU IT team members

As we greet the new spring season and warmer temperatures, we also offer a warm welcome to the newest members of the WashU IT team.  January 2023 Jessica Haas, IT Project Manager I – End User Services Tammy Wickware, IT Project Manager II – Enterprise Applications Hannu Turri, Information Security Architect – Information Security Madeline […]

Privileged Access Management (PAM): PM Guard to be Retired – User Action Requested

As part of our Privileged Access Management (PAM) cybersecurity strategy, WashU IT is implementing CyberArk, a patented vault technology used for managing and recording both credential storage and remote desktop access. As part of this plan, WashU IT will migrate its Identity Access Management (IAM) security tool from PMGuard to CyberArk. PMGuard will then be […]

April 3: Atlassian Cloud Migration

The first migration to the Atlassian Cloud will be underway in less than two weeks. IT-related Confluence spaces and Jira projects are scheduled to migrate March 30-April 2. (Business-related spaces and projects and RIS will migrate in late Spring.) The new cloud environment will be available Monday, April 3. Please note that any edits made […]

IT Asset Management Program moves forward in 2023

In July 2022 a new program was launched to create an IT Asset Management (ITAM) program at WashU. IT asset management (ITAM) provides an accurate account of technology asset lifecycle costs, risks, and performance to maximize the benefits from our technology investments. The Asset Management program will provide proficient, enterprise class IT Asset Management as a […]

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