Security

At the University of Vermont, your CATcard can be added to Apple Wallet on your iPhone and Apple Watch. With...

At the University of Vermont, your CATcard can be added to your Android phone! With this feature, students, faculty, and staff...

BitLocker is a volume encryption feature of Windows. Paired with the Microsoft BitLocker Administration and Monitoring (MBAM) software, this feature...

A domain refers to a controlled group of clients and servers. By adding a machine to the CAMPUS domain, our...

Duo Security is a Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) tool used by the University of Vermont to protect sensitive information. Upon logging...

Emails sent through the UVM’s Exchange Server can be at most 20MBs in size. This 20MB cap includes not only...

It’s just as important to secure the data on your external hard drive as it is to secure the data...

If the content of the files you are sending contains PII, PHI, HIPAA, FERPA, or any other protected information, the...

In most situations, people are interested in seeing only the first few headers on a message (From, To, Cc, Subject, and Date),...

UVM’s Virtual Private Network service allows remote users with UVM credentials to securely access resources that are normally only available...

The University of Vermont Information Security Procedures Policy document requires that all University owned devices lock after no more than...

This guide contains information on detecting fraudulent online communications, mitigating the damage of a successful phishing or spam attack, and...

In early January 2025, the default sharing settings in SharePoint, OneDrive, and Microsoft Teams were updated. Now when you share...

Microsoft Outlook supports encrypting individual email messages, which can protect sensitive messages, especially when contents include individually identifiable or otherwise...

If your computer is running macOS 12 Monterey or older, it will need to be updated or replaced to continue...

UVM IT hosts an instance of Password Pusher, an open-source service which allows for the secure sending of sensitive information...

All incoming uvm.edu mail is filtered through Proofpoint, an anti-spam, anti-malware, anti-phishing service. UVM adopted Proofpoint to replace Sophos PureMessage...

Your data may be stored on a wide variety of different physical media, such as an internal or external hard...

When leaving UVM, access to most services requiring login with your UVM NetID will change or end over time following...

The method for turning off forwarding and redirection will differ based on how it was originally set up. If you...

UVM’s wireless network certificate was updated on January 28th, 2025. When attempting to connect to the UVM wireless network after...

UVM-owned Windows computers will each have a Local Administrator account.  By using this account’s credentials, you can do things like...

Microsoft is ending support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025. After this date, machines running Windows 10 will no...

There are several details that differentiate Windows installations. In addition to major releases such as Windows 10 and Windows 11,...

This guide is intended to serve as a repository of resources available to Students, Faculty, and Staff in recognition of...

Users with access to zebra.uvm.edu (Banner) connect using several different applications and methods. This guide includes a walkthrough using the...