Cal Poly students, staff and faculty will be listed under their preferred name in the Cal Poly directory beginning March 25. A campus-wide email from Information Technology Services (ITS) announced the change March 22, recognizing the importance of a name to individual identity. What is changing While the Cal Poly portal already allowed users to […]
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Phishing for information: How to detect and prevent attacks
Every day, Cal Poly receives millions of spam messages, according to Information Technology Services (ITS) Deputy CIO Ryan Matteson. While students don’t see a majority of the spam they receive, numbers show that universities across the country are a target for cyber security attacks. According to Symantec’s 2015 report, educational institutions were the third most […]
Mustang News, Oct. 23, 2013: Campus wireless requires update, Soccer tickets on sale
Mustang News anchor Christina Favuzzi covers today’s biggest Cal Poly news.
Mustang Wireless secure, but difficult to access
Laura Pezzini lpezzini@mustangdaily.net Students logging on to wireless Internet on campus have noticed some changes in the network. Starting in fall, Information Technology Services (ITS) began implementing a more secure wireless network, but not without complaints from students. ITS Director Paul Jurasin said the change is meant to provide more security to wireless network users. […]
Mustang Wireless becomes more secure
Holly Dickson hollydickson.md@gmail.com Mustang Wireless, the wireless network Cal Poly students have been using for the past eight years, began to disappear from select campus buildings this week. Students have been able to choose between the secure or unsecure networks for the past two years, but by the end of this quarter, Secure Mustang Wireless […]
Blackboard gets ax, Moodle to move in
Students and faculty at Cal Poly will say their goodbyes to Blackboard this spring, as Moodle steps in as the university’s primary learning management system. Whether or not these goodbyes are filled with sarcasm or reluctance depends on who is talking. Cal Poly Information Technology Services (ITS) has been gathering input from a number of […]
BLOG: Giant expectations for Ramses Barden
Former Cal Poly wide receiver Ramses Barden may have yet to establish himself as an every down player in the NFL, but the buzz around one of the most prolific wide receivers in Cal Poly history is pointing otherwise.

