Announcements
General
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Our Information Security team is happy to announce that Office Hours are now available through Microsoft Bookings! During our Office Hours, we will be available to assist with any questions from our RPI Community, as well as discuss various Cyber Security topics such as:
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Join Jim Evans, Director of MultiMedia Services, for a live webinar introducing Rensselaer’s Digital Asset Management System. Discover how to access campus‑wide photography, multimedia files, and institutional assets—all in one place.
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From assisting our RPI Community with previous phishing attempts, our Information Security team has become aware of a trend during the Holiday season, that bad actors and scammers target Organizations and College Campus’ attempting to send phishing emails, which include suspicious links, maliciou
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Part of Blackboards January 2026 update will include a visual refresh for a few navigation areas of the LMS. You will see these changes once our system update is complete either on 8 or 9 January 2026.
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Please read the entire announcement - RPI Learning Management System (Blackboard Learn SaaS Release) Instructors, Designers and TAsDo Submit a course request if:
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For Data Security purposes, all Desktops, Laptops, or other devices containing Institute Data, it is particularly important that this data is destroyed or degaussed through our Rensselaer Computer Repair (RCR) center. By destroying or degaussing data from decommissioned machine
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Microsoft Windows 10 support ended on October 14th, 2025. At this time Windows 10 systems are no longer eligible for support including important security patches. Without appropriate mitigation, Windows 10 systems are non-compliant with multiple RPI security policies.
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As agentic AI systems become increasingly capable of autonomous decision-making and task execution, it’s critical to understand the risks of sharing your login credentials—especially institutional ones—with these tools.
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This notice is to announce the retirement of the EZ-Snapshot service effective Monday, November 3rd, 2025.
