Dear colleagues, As cyber threats targeting higher education continue to increase, York University is taking steps to strengthen the security standards applied to all University-owned computers. Effective June 22, 2026, all University-owned computers must meet a defined Security Baseline that specifies the minimum set of protections to safeguard University systems, research, and data. This baseline […]
Service Advisory Please share the following with your teams. Service Maintenance: Unified Print Management Scheduled Maintenance Window: Start: Thursday July 2, 2026 10:00 p.m. End: Thursday July 2, 2026 10:15 p.m Impact/Details: Print services in the Administrative offices, Faculty student labs, and Libraries will not be available. UIT teams will implement changes needed to improve service reliability and security […]
Service Advisory Please share the following with your teams. Service Maintenance: Unified Print Management Scheduled Maintenance Window: Start: Friday June 19, 2026 6:00 p.m. End: Friday June 19, 2026 11:00 p.m Impact/Details: Print services in the Administrative offices, Faculty student labs and Libraries will not be available. UIT teams will upgrade service to latest vendor release to improve service […]
Service Announcement Please share the following with your teams. UIT's GitHub Enterprise Collaboration Tool now available to all employees UIT is happy to announce the general availability of GitHub to all employees. GitHub is a cloud-based version control and collaboration platform used in software development, research, and teaching. All York faculty and staff get […]
Service Advisory Please share the following with your teams. Service Maintenance: Central SCCM Maintenance window: Start Date/Time: Thursday August 6, 2026 10:00 a.m. End Date/Time: Friday August 7, 2026 3:00 p.m. Impact/Details: UIT teams will complete necessary site upgrade. Central SCCM will not be available to deploy Windows OS and application packages during the maintenance […]
Service Advisory Please share the following with your teams. Service Maintenance: Central SCCM Maintenance window: Start Date/Time: Thursday August 6, 2026 10:00 a.m. End Date/Time: Friday August 7, 2026 3:00 p.m. Impact/Details: UIT teams will complete necessary site upgrade. Central SCCM will not be available to deploy Windows OS and application packages during the maintenance […]
Service Advisory Please share the following with your teams. Service Maintenance: Central SCCM Maintenance window: Start Date/Time: Wednesday July 29, 2026 8:00 a.m. End Date/Time: Thursday July 30, 2026 5:00 p.m. Impact/Details: UIT teams will complete necessary server OS and database upgrades. Central SCCM will not be available to deploy Windows OS and application packages […]
Information Security Advisory A recently disclosed vulnerability (CVE‑2026‑35273) affects Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools and may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code and take full control of affected systems. Severity level: CVSS Score: 9.8/Critical. Description: CVE‑2026‑35273 is a critical vulnerability in the Updates Environment Management component of PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools. The […]
Service Advisory Please share the following with your teams. Service Maintenance: Central WSUS Scheduled Maintenance Window: Start: Wednesday June 17, 2026 10:00 a.m. End: Wednesday June 17, 2026 5:00 p.m. Impact/Details: UIT teams will complete necessary server OS and database upgrades. Central WSUS will not be available to provide security updates during the maintenance window. We […]
Information Security Advisory A recently discovered critical vulnerability (CVE‑2026‑41089) affects Microsoft Windows Server and may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on affected systems by targeting the Netlogon service. Severity level: CVSS Score: 9.8/Critical. Description: CVE‑2026‑41089 is a stack‑based buffer overflow vulnerability in the Windows Netlogon service. The flaw occurs […]