Technology News

Phishing Attempt

ISSUE: OIT received questions concerning a Phishing email sent to over 200 individuals.  It is an attempt to steal usernames and passwords. WHAT SHOULD YOU DO? If you received this email, please delete... Read More

Facebook Phishing Technique

OIT has been made aware of a Facebook phishing technique.  Users are receiving emails stating that their accounts are being cancelled and asking them to click a link to confirm... Read More

Student Phishing Email

ISSUE: OIT has received questions from students regarding a phishing email that looks as though it is from Google.  It is asking for Name, Username (@crimson.ua.edu), and password.  This email is... Read More

CIO Blog

OIT Continuity of Operations

A Bottom-Up Approach to Weathering the Worst The events of April, 27th, 2011 left an indelible mark on most of us.  While the city of Tuscaloosa suffered terribly along with so... Read More

Emerging Technologies Make Learning Easier

From generation to generation, parents feel compelled to tell the rising youth personal reflections from their old school days. These struggles, whether embellished or endured, often involve comments like, “Back... Read More

Cyber Security Awareness Month in Full Swing

October marks the 8th Annual Cyber Security Awareness Month founded by the Department of Homeland Security, National Cyber Security Alliance, and Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center.  This will be... Read More

Outage Alerts

Scheduled Outages

Routine Maintenance

OIT performs routine maintenance on servers and systems every Sunday from 8 a.m. to noon. Many IT services may be offline intermittently during this time. Network access and computing resources availability (Banner, E-Learning, Exchange server, etc.) may also be affected. Since this is a low-usage period, fewer UA customers will be impacted. For questions, contact the IT Service Desk at (205) 348-5555 or itsd@ua.edu.

Known Issues

The Known Issues Page is a checkpoint for our IT partners across campus. The page lists software compatibility issues and known fixes.