Internship leads Rutgers graduate into the cybersecurity field
An internship at OmniSOC, a cybersecurity collaboration between Rutgers and four other Big Ten schools, inspired Rutgers graduate Jason Jacob to pursue a career in cybersecurity, where growing worker shortages are making it hard for IT departments to find good help. Now, Jacob is fighting cybercriminals full-time at his alma mater, working on OIT’s Incident Response Team while pursuing graduate degrees.
Tech checklist helps faculty and staff return to campus
With plans for returning to campus taking shape, a Return to Rutgers tech checklist is available to help faculty and staff when transitioning from remote work to in-person operations. The checklist—available as both a webpage and a printable PDF—includes information and reminders about returning equipment, connecting to the network, and getting tech help. There’s also a webpage with guidance for IT staff to consider when planning for the return.
Sign up for ITIL 4 training
The ITIL 4 Foundation certification course enables candidates to look at IT service management through an end-to-end operating model for the creation, delivery, and continual improvement of tech-enabled products and services. The trainings run four consecutive days from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. More info is available on the training registration pages:
Rutgers computers contribute to historic COVID research collaboration
Rutgers ranks among the biggest contributors to a historic crowdsourced effort to search for COVID-19 treatments. Computing power drawn from student computer labs, an OARC supercomputer, and other departments has placed Rutgers ahead of all but 99 of the hundreds of thousands of individuals and organizations that have donated computing resources to the research coalition Folding@Home.
Rutgers IT mailing lists keep you up to date on initiatives and services
Did you know that you can joinmailing lists for key updates to various initiatives, projects, and services like IT security, instructional technology, and Webex? Check out the IT community webpage for more resources that help foster a unified Rutgers IT.
