Tag Archives: network

MiWorkspace partners with HITS to meet increased network security standards

By Lindsay Hendricks, ITS Communications | August 9, 2017

The MiWorkspace team at Information and Technology Services (ITS) worked with Health Information Technology & Services (HITS) to configure MiWorkspace computers to connect to the Michigan Medicine wired network. Michigan Medicine is increasing security for their wired networks by requiring trusted university devices contain a specific security protocol. MiWorkspace computers in the following units are now configured to… Read More »

UM-Flint improves and expands WiFi networks

By Nick Looney, Flint ITS | April 25, 2017

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Starting this past semester and leading into spring, Flint ITS has begun a major upgrade to the campus WiFi network. This upgrade will provide the highest standards of wireless network performance and security, as well as providing service to a greater number of wireless devices. At this time, ITS has performed upgrades or installed network in the first… Read More »

DNS Re-address project

By Patty Giorgio, ITS Communications | March 22, 2017

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In an effort to further secure and reduce the complexity of University of Michigan networks, ITS has been working with units to change the IP addresses of U-M’s DNS resolver servers from public to private IPs. At the halfway mark, approximately 70% of systems have transitioned to new DNS resolver addresses. By early April, ITS DHCP (Dynamic Host… Read More »

Michigan Medicine tightens network security

By Donna Hart, HITS Communications | March 21, 2017

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Michigan Medicine is tightening the security for its wired and wireless networks to ensure that only authorized and inventoried computing devices can connect to internal resources. The network project is part of a year-long program to make the IT environment within the academic medical center as secure as possible for all patients, faculty, and staff. The program also… Read More »