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Ten strategies for practicing Wi-Fi cybersecurity

VUMC IT
October 31, 2017
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Security Updates
October is cyber security awareness month Ten strategies for practicing Wi-Fi cybersecurity The use of public Wi-Fi has become a topic of concern for many people, especially those in the cybersecurity. There are Wi-Fi connections nearly everywhere now. Anyone with a phone, a computer, or other device has used this convenient tool because of its availability and ease-of-use. Our favorite restaurants, coffee shops, airports, and meeting places offer Wi-Fi hotspots.

Nitro Pro - Product Updates

October 23, 2017
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GoNitro, the manufacturer of Nitro Pro, releases product updates for the Enterprise version approximately four times per year.  Medical Center departments may purchase subscriptions for the Enterprise version through the VUMC Software Store. Each subscription includes maintenance.  The Software Store will push each product update into each subscriber's account so that he or she may optionally upgrade at no cost. Please note that if you go to the support page of the GoNitro website and click Update my current Nitro Pro, you will

XFA/LiveCycle documents and Nitro Pro

October 19, 2017
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Medical Center departments may purchase Nitro Pro, a PDF editor, through the VUMC Software Store. Some files may use the .PDF extension in their file name, but they are actually XFA or Adobe LifeCycle documents.  You can identify a document's file type by right-clicking on the document, and selecting Document Properties. Nitro Pro, Mozilla Firefox's built-in PDF viewer, and Google Chrome's built-in PDF viewer do not support XFA files.  If you need to work with XFA files, please see Adobe's website

Oracle Critical Patch Update for October 2017

October 18, 2017
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Oracle released its Critical Patch Update for October 2017 on October 17th. Review Oracle's Security Fixing Policies and the Critical Patch Update Advisory to determine if you require a software update. The following schedule provides the next four dates for Oracle's Critical Patch Update Service: January 16, 2018 April 17, 2018 July 17, 2018 October 16, 2018

Vulnerabilities found with Wi-Fi networks

VUMC IT
October 17, 2017
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Security Updates
Vulnerabilities found with Wi-Fi networks The VUMC IT Security Operations team is issuing this communication regarding a vulnerability discovered with secure Wi-Fi networks. The event is related to a weakness exposed in the WPA and WPA2 security protocols. At the current time, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Wi-Fi networks are not affected.

Five ways to spot a phishing attempt

VUMC IT
October 13, 2017
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Security Updates
October is Cyber Security Awareness Month Five ways to spot a phishing attempt Someone at the Medical Center receives a phishing email nearly every day. An attacker falsely identifies himself or herself as a trustworthy source and tries to exploit someone with an email that directs them to a fake website; usually under the auspices of being from human resources or as an email update.

Free, live SAS webinar

October 11, 2017
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News
SAS Institute is offering a free, live SAS webinar. Topic: SAS Studio: An Introduction Date: Oct. 27 Time: Noon - 1 p.m.

Platform Support for MATLAB

October 10, 2017
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News
Mathworks recently updated its platform support for MATLAB. New Platforms - Support begins with R2017b macOS 10.23 "igh Sierra" Ubuntu 17.04 Debian 9 "Stretch" Dropped Platforms - Support ended as of R2017b Windows 8 macOS 10.10 "Yosemite" See the complete set of
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