According to a Symantec Security Threat Report, in 2016 there were 20 data breaches in higher education, exposing the personal information of approximately 5 million people. Those figures illuminate a grim reality -- it only takes the loss of one person’s user name and password to expose the...
In one of his first major speeches at The Ohio State University, President Michael Drake said “It is through the quality of our teaching that students become A+ thinkers and really contribute to a global society.” Ohio State has since been investing in the...
Ohio State takes its responsibility for protecting the data entrusted to the university seriously. In protecting this data, we report to numerous agencies of oversight; federal standards for universities may come from commerce or health agencies and from research, education and industry groups....
Are you a Franklin County resident age 60 or older that loves to give back to your community? We have the program for you! On March 28, 2017, The Ohio State University launched the GIVE Back. GO Forward (GBGF) pilot program for Ohio...
The Ohio Higher Education Computing Council (OHECC) brings together information technology (IT) organizations and professionals from institutions of higher education in the state of Ohio. This year Ohio State is hosting the annual OHECC conference on May 17-19, giving central Ohio IT...
According to Ohio State participants in EDUCAUSE's latest Students and Technology Research study, 70 percent of students report retaining the most information when classes incorporate some online components. That’s just one of several insights we collected from the student survey.
UPDATE: 12/2020 - BuckeyeBox will be retiring in 2021. We recommending using Microsoft Teams and/or OneDrive for Business for collaboration and storage.
Not only do you have a choice in cloud storage and collaboration services, but more choices are also being added to the market on a...
Universities have a responsibility to numerous agencies of oversight; federal standards for universities may come from commerce or health agencies and from research, education and industry groups. Chief Information Security Officers (CISO) have the unenviable role of meeting all these...
How often do you organize your closets? Cupboards? Drawers? If you’re like me, you make the effort about once a year. And, if you’re like me, the neat-as-a-pin, hard-won results only last a few months.
If you’ve experienced this fleeting state of perfect organization, and its subsequent...
As announced by Provost McPheron and CFO Geoff Chatas this morning, we are moving forward with implementing Workday for Finance, HR, and Student. . Unlike past implementations and upgrades, we will be working to implement Workday for Finance and HR simultaneously with a Student system move to...
