News & Events

Brian Allen has officially stepped into the role of Associate Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for Research, Teaching, and Learning.  Allen joined WashU in 2005 as the university’s first Network Security Analyst. Since then, he’s played a key role in defending our online environment, most recently as a Director of Information Security.   As a Certified […]

WashU IT has enhanced Microsoft M365 Defender email security by incorporating Abnormal, an email security platform that detects and prevents advanced email attacks.  Since the July 3 go-live, the new tool has already prevented the delivery of numerous malicious emails that were very sophisticated in nature to WashU mailboxes, thereby limiting the risk of a […]

The next IT All Hands meeting will take place from 3-4 pm CT on Wednesday, August 20, featuring Chief Information Officer Jessie Minton and the WashU IT Senior Leadership Team. The team will offer a final progress report on major FY25 goals and provide an exciting update on FY26 goals.   Major FY26 goals that were […]

Alyssa Todd is one of 12 people who received multiple nominations as a WashU IT 2024 Person of ImpacT award. As a “Person of ImpacT,” she personifies WashU IT’s ImpacT Strategic Plan, touching the lives of her coworkers in a meaningful way, engendering trust and respect.   Todd, a Business Analyst IV in the IT Portfolio […]

WashU IT Organizational Change Management recently revised the form to request services. The new OCM Service Request is now available in ServiceNow. Revising the form is one of several changes the IT OCM Team implemented during FY25 to better align with Prosci Change Management methodology. The new form streamlines the requester experience. It clarifies familiar questions, simplifies others, and has been designed to […]