myBama will be unavailable Saturday, August 10 from 7:00 a.m. until 8:00 a.m. for minor upgrades. A myBama maintenance page will be available with links to essential services during the maintenance timeframe, and all services will be restored upon completion of the upgrades. If you have any questions or concerns, contact the IT Service Desk…
OIT will perform upgrades to the Banner platform starting Sunday, August 18, 4:00 a.m. until 10 a.m. The following related services will be unavailable during the upgrade period: If you have any questions or concerns, contact the IT Service Desk at 205-348-5555 or itsd@ua.edu.
On July 19, 2024, at 4:09 UTC, The University of Alabama’s Office of Information Technology (OIT) faced a significant challenge when a defective Crowdstrike update caused a widespread disruption across campus systems. Crowdstrike, an industry-leading platform used by UA to protect servers from cyber threats, had released a Rapid Response Content update for Windows systems, which inadvertently caused many…
DUO is the two-factor security authentication that the University of Alabama requires students and faculty to use in order to access myBama accounts. DUO now has new operation system requirements that students and faculty need review for their devices. iOS The current version of DUO Mobile supports iOS 15.0 and greater, but we cannot…
A global CrowdStrike outage early Friday morning is affecting the University of Alabama network. The current known impact is network connectivity in some areas of campus and OnBase management platform. A security incident or cyberattack did not cause this outage. CrowdStrike’s cybersecurity software detects and blocks hacking threats. Like other cybersecurity products, it requires deep-level…
OIT will deploy security enhancements to protect UA data on Microsoft mobile device applications starting September 3. OIT will use Mobile Application Management (MAM) to protect UA data in University email addresses connected to Microsoft applications on mobile devices. Security enhancements include: These MAM security enhancements do not apply to any personal accounts in Microsoft…
