News
Scheduled Outage of IT Services August 21
On Sunday, August 21, 2022 between 9 and 11 a.m., the Division of IT will be performing data center network improvement work causing services to be unavailable.
Upcoming UMD Passphrase Management Changes
The Division of IT is making the following changes to improve the security of your UMD account. New Look for MFA Login Screens - August 1, 2022 The look and feel of the multi-factor authentication login screens (DUO) within the UMD Central Authentication Service (CAS) will change. See this support article for more information and to see a preview of the new screens.
Recent UMD Cybersecurity Attacks
Over the past week, UMD has seen a rapid increase in the number of spear phishing attacks directed at UMD employees. In a spear phishing attack, a forged email is commonly sent to members of the UMD community, and the goal is to get people to click on an email attachment. The forged email shows the name of a trusted member of the UMD community such as your department chair or business officer.
Summer 2022 Service Modifications
Some DIT services will operate with reduced hours during Summer 2022.
Juneteenth Service Modifications
Division of IT offices will be closed Monday, June 20, 2022 in observance of Juneteenth.