{"id":3455,"date":"2017-05-19T08:25:26","date_gmt":"2017-05-19T12:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=3455"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:06:24","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:06:24","slug":"wireless-network-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2017\/05\/19\/wireless-network-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Wireless network update a success \u2013 what\u2019s next?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3549 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/nac-300x147.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/nac-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/nac-125x61.png 125w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/nac.png 361w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In April, the Michigan Medicine community came together to achieve a significant goal &#8211; namely to ensure that enhanced security protocols were in place on all wireless devices connecting to the mission critical network. WiFi security for more than 20,000 devices joining the network daily was the first step in a 19-month initiative to make the IT environment as secure as possible for patients, faculty, and staff.<\/p>\n<p>The next step is to implement controls for the wired network, specifically\u00a0to identify and inventory all\u00a0devices connecting by Ethernet cable in any Michigan Medicine location.\u00a0Health Information\u00a0Technology &amp; Services is preparing clinical and research areas for the changes which will be implemented on a <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/13gbPFNNugM8N5fvrgOxgkx2s9itota46sZfQ71k06jM\/edit#gid=2\">rolling basis<\/a>\u00a0between now and the end of the calendar year. HITS is\u00a0working closely with key contacts in each Michigan Medicine building to categorize all devices, with minimal impact to workflows.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the network control initiative, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.med.umich.edu\/x\/A4D3\">Network and Inventory Management webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In April, the Michigan Medicine community came together to achieve a significant goal &#8211; namely to ensure that enhanced security protocols were in place on all wireless devices connecting to the mission critical network. WiFi security for more than 20,000 devices joining the network daily was the first step in a 19-month initiative to make the IT environment\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2017\/05\/19\/wireless-network-update\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":3549,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"1","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,27],"tags":[176,196,23],"class_list":["post-3455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-projects-services","category-safe-computing","tag-hits","tag-mwireless","tag-security"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/nac.png",361,177,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/nac-125x61.png",125,61,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/nac-300x147.png",300,147,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/nac.png",361,177,false],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/nac.png",361,177,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/nac.png",361,177,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/nac.png",361,177,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/nac-200x140.png",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/nac-60x42.png",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/nac.png",361,177,false],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/nac.png",361,177,false],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/nac.png",361,177,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Donna Hart, HITS Communications","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/donnahar\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"In April, the Michigan Medicine community came together to achieve a significant goal &#8211; namely to ensure that enhanced security protocols were in place on all wireless devices connecting to the mission critical network. 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