Okta at U-M Okta, an industry-leading identity management platform, enhances the sign-in experience and improves security for the U-M community. Okta's capabilities include passwordless sign-in options such as Face ID, Touch ID, and Windows Hello, enhance the user experience while protecting university accounts from ever-evolving cybersecurity threats.
Two-Factor Authentication (Duo) Duo two-factor authentication adds a second layer of security when you log in, keeping your account secure even if your password is stolen or compromised.
User Advocate The IT User Advocate works with the U-M community to ensure that university IT policies and guidelines are followed; it also responds to reports of abuse and misuse of U-M IT resources.
Cloudflare at U-M U-M Cloudflare provides a critical security capability to protect university websites, web applications, and DNS (Domain Name System) servers from external attacks.
Enhanced Endpoint Protection The Crowdstrike Falcon tool provides antivirus and anti-malware protection for MiWorkspace machines, MiServer Managed OS servers, and unit-managed university-owned computers.
Network Vulnerability Scanning ITS Information Assurance conducts regular scans of all University of Michigan owned and managed networks.
Payment Card Assurance The ITS Payment Card Assurance (PCA) service provides merchants the option of using ITS-supported infrastructure and equipment that are PCI-compliant when setting up their credit card-processing systems.
Penetration Testing ITS Information Assurance can provide to U-M units advanced, offensive security testing designed to provide a deep technical analysis of a target environment’s vulnerability to exploitation and attack.
RECON Risk Assessment RECON is a IT risk assessment methodology developed for periodic use by units at U-M.
U-M Net Border Security This system provides enterprise-level security threat identification and mitigation, protecting the entire University of Michigan while not impacting the transfer of large amounts of data.
User Advocate The IT User Advocate works with the U-M community to ensure that university IT policies and guidelines are followed; it also responds to reports of abuse and misuse of U-M IT resources.
Web Application Security Scanning To help U-M units identify and resolve vulnerabilities in their web applications, ITS Information Assurance (IA) offers access to the Tenable web application security scanner at no charge.
