Category Archives: Network

01/31/25 Network is down in Green Hall and Founders

Posted on January 31, 2025 by ndobie

The Wellesley network is currently down in Green Hall and Founders as a result of damage to the fiber optic cable that serves these buildings. We are working with the vendor and the Facilities team to resolve the issue and … Continue reading →

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Change to VPN on Friday Nov 8th at 8AM

Posted on November 7, 2024 by ndobie

During the last few days we have been targeted by hackers who have been running a brute force password attack through our VPN (virtual private network) system. In short, they repeatedly try to login to several of our accounts with … Continue reading →

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Intermittent issues accessing our Virtual Private Network 

Posted on November 5, 2024 by ndobie

We are experiencing intermittent issues with access to the VPN. We are investigating this and will provide updates as needed. We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause you. To: Everyone From, more info: Nephellie Dobie, Assistant CIO, LTS x3671 … Continue reading →

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8/5 7am College WiFi update

Posted on July 29, 2024 by dchudzik

In order to strengthen information security controls, vendors often require us to replace the SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) certificates used by various systems. The certificates used by our WiFi infrastructure will expire on August 8th and we need to replace … Continue reading →

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Critical Updates During Winter Break

Posted on December 14, 2023 by ndobie

The following is a list of required system maintenance work that needs to be carried out and we will be doing them during the holiday to cause the least disruptions. We have also chosen times to do these recognizing that … Continue reading →

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Vault Issues Temporarily Resolved

Posted on July 17, 2023 by ndobie

After a careful review as to the cause of the inability of our users to mount Vault successfully since last Thursday, we were able to identify the issue and correct it a few minutes ago. You should be able to … Continue reading →

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Intermittent issues accessing Vault

Posted on July 13, 2023 by ndobie

LTS has been notified that some users are not able to access Vault. We are actively looking into this and will provide updates as needed. We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause you. To: Everyone From, more info: Nephellie … Continue reading →

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Sunday, July 16th and 23rd from 12AM to 3AM Critical Server Maintenance

Posted on July 7, 2023 by ndobie

A comprehensive review of our server environment by a company we hire to run a network security compliance testing as well as based on a recommendation of a virtual Chief Information Security Officer that we have hired, we need to … Continue reading →

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Cybersecurity Compliance Testing scheduled from 8 AM on Friday, July 7th until 12 midnight on Sunday, July 9th

Posted on July 3, 2023 by ndobie

In order to comply with Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), we are required to conduct an annual cybersecurity compliance test. This involves running through a set of software that mimics what the hackers typically try to do to enter into our networks … Continue reading →

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A Database Server will be briefly unavailable on Tuesday, June 13th at 6AM

Posted on June 7, 2023 by ndobie

A Windows server called Blizzard that runs Microsoft SQL Server database system will be unavailable at 6AM Tuesday, June 13th, for roughly 5-10 minutes. Due to the interconnected nature of systems, systems such as SEQ/LER, Alumnae Directory, and Alumnae password … Continue reading →

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