VUMC IT Blog

PrismAcademy

Graphpad now offers several courses free-of-charge through PrismAcademy, an online training portal.  Courses include:

Prism 8.4.3

Graphpad released Prism 8.4.  See https://www.graphpad.com/support/faq/prism-840-release-notes/ for the list of new features. To update: Launch Prism Navigate to the Help menu and click Check for Updates You will be able to install the latest version Contact software.store@vumc.org if you have questions or need more information.

Get new Zoom release 5.0 with enhanced security

Zoom 5.0, with enhanced encryption, is ready to download now. Get it before May 30, 2020, or you will not be able to start or join a Zoom meeting until you have updated your version of Zoom.

Stay IT savvy when working from home

We have thousands of VUMC employees supporting our front-line clinicians and staff from home offices. Information Technology wants to remind you about a few ways to keep your device running smoothly and ensure uninterrupted access to VUMC systems and resources.

MFA is new for Box beginning April 29

As VUMC continues to support Work at Home efforts for many employees, workforce members are using online collaboration tools more than ever to effectively work from home offices. To further support the Work at Home initiative and improve VUMC’s cybersecurity posture, VUMC Enterprise Cybersecurity (VEC) is expanding the use of Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) to enhance protection of VUMC systems and data. MFA is considered the industry standard for protecting systems and resources from cyberattacks.

Set up meeting passwords for secure Zoom teleconferencing

There have been some concerns raised in the past week about the privacy and security of the Zoom teleconferencing tool. Enterprise Cybersecurity announced on Friday that the two new threat tactics using Zoom, known at "Zoom Bombing" and "Zoom Phishing," can be alleviated using built-in Zoom security features. The best way to secure meetings with Zoom is to set up passwords for individual meetings.