CSCS’s older firewalls (Mercury and Phobos) will no longer be available will no longer be available as of 22nd June 2021. We have, and will continue to be, monitoring and contacting users still using the older services to advise them to update their client settings. Additionally from the 16th June 2021 capacity will also be […]
Closure of old CSCS Firewalls on 15th June 2021
Action Required for all BioMedical Campus, Zoology and SLCU VPN users: As you should be aware CSCS have been working hard over the last few months to replace our old firewalls with newer and more up-to-date ones. This work is now coming to an end and as part of this we will be closing down […]
Eduroam Certificate Renewal – Thursday 10th January 2019
UIS have advised us that all Cambridge users of Eduroam need to update their login on ALL of their connected devices as soon as possible in order to continue using the service after 08:00 Thursday 10th January 2019. This update affects all users of the Eduroam service that log on with @cam.ac.uk credentials. As per […]
Top tips to keep yourself safe on the internet
Past virus outbreaks have affected over 100 systems and 100,000’s of files across the CSCS networks and have typically relied on the recipient of an email trusting that the attachment was a legitimate file, and not a virus. We have learnt a number of lessons as a result of these security incidents, including that we need to […]
Improved Apple Computer Orders
Apple ordering has been significantly improved! There are several ways to order. If you have access to CUFS, order directly from the Marketplace and then CSCS can set it up (for our usual £100 charge). If you don’t have CUFS access: Go to XMA and select the unit and options you want. Add it to your Basket […]
Computer Security Awareness
Below is a list of the useful applications, tools and systems mentioned in the Information Security Update today at the School Office/Level 4 meeting. You can also view a PDF of the presentation here: Computer Security and Awareness Anti-virus https://cscs.medschl.cam.ac.uk/antivirus-software/ Good ad-blocker For Firefox https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/ For Chrome https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm?hl=en For Opera https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/ublock/?display=en There is no Safari […]
Changes to Storage Config for Linux Users on 27th January
In order to improve resiliency and minimise future service disruptions due to building works, we are relocating the NFS Home folder storage to alternate physical hardware on the 27th January between 10:00 – 12:00. Users on CSCS-supported systems will have their setting automatically updated – simply log out prior to this time and reboot once […]
Data roaming in the EU with iPhones and iPads
The Telecoms Office have made us aware of an issue with roaming within the EU on iPhones and iPads. The cause of this is a new setting that Apple have introduced with the roll-out of iOS8 which ties in with new EU regulations coming later this year regarding data roaming within the EU. In iOS8, […]
