News

To receive email updates, follow the DoIT group in myUMBC.

Updates from DoIT’s Project Management Office

Read more about DoIT’s PMO!

Latest Project Report:We are excited to share our latest project report, which covers key projects completed from September 2024 to January 2025. This bi-annual report provides an overview of the...

Posted: March 5, 2025, 11:16 AM

Seeking Research Computing RA Starting 5/18/25

The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) and the Center for Scalable Data and Computational Science (ScaleS) are collaborating to better facilitate research at UMBC that could benefit from...

Posted: February 26, 2025, 11:36 AM

Quarterly Patching Downtimes - 2/28 & 3/8

As part of our ongoing commitment to security, the Unix Infrastructure group will be conducting its quarterly system patching on Friday, February 28th and Saturday, March 8th.  While many of...

Posted: February 26, 2025, 10:11 AM

CPU & GPU Chargeback Process Initiated

To all PIs, For those faculty that contributed to last year's purchase of the CPU and GPU hardware that is now available from the chip cluster, please keep an eye out for emails from our...

Posted: February 25, 2025, 4:22 PM

SAP Concur Travel Implementation Kickoff

Dear UMBC Community, We are excited to announce the kick-off of the SAP Concur Travel implementation project. This initiative is part of our ongoing commitment to enhance our travel management...

Posted: February 24, 2025, 1:37 PM

Beware of PayPal "New Address" Emails

New approach (to phishing). Same goal.

Cyberattackers constantly evolve their tactics to bypass organizational defenses. A recent trend involves exploiting PayPal's gift address feature to deliver phishing messages. These messages...

Posted: February 24, 2025, 9:09 AM

Financial Aid and Job Offers Email

It seemed phishy because it was!

This morning, several individuals received a phishing email disguised as a job opportunity. We want to thank everyone who reported it. Your reports allow us to take immediate action to protect...

Posted: February 21, 2025, 9:37 AM