New Training Course for Those Working with Protected Health Information
A new DPE320: HIPAA and Protected Health Information course is available for faculty and staff who may interact with Protected Health Information (PHI) as part of their normal job activities.
Every fiscal year, units are asked to certify their level of compliance with a particular information assurance (IA) practice or process. The FY26 IA internal control question focuses on inventories of university-owned systems.
A number of IT policies and standards were revised or updated in 2025. Take a look at a summary of key changes and stay up to date on upcoming reviews!
Dylan Marino has made a number of key decisions and taken more than one chance to get to where he is today – the Associate Director of Security and IT, and Security Unit Liaison (SUL) for the Office of University Development (OUD).
Okta to Increase Security for UMICH Account Holders
Beginning February 25, the University of Michigan will transition to Okta, an industry-leading platform for managing digital identities and access, for sign-in and multi-factor authentication (MFA).
Information Assurance recently welcomed two new full-time employees. Jeremy Johnson has joined IA on the Proactive Cybersecurity team as a Cybersecurity Engineer. Tommy Tunks joined the Design and Engineering team as a Research Data Security Analyst.
Privacy Office Student Contributors Make Their Mark
Two U-M students joined the ITS Privacy Office team this year, contributing their talents, skills, and fresh perspectives while gaining real-world experience.
Enhanced Security with Okta and Engaging Privacy@Michigan events
Asmat Noori, Interim Chief Information Security Officer, looks forward to the enhanced protection for university accounts that the transition to Okta identity management will offer. Sol Bermann, Executive Director of Privacy & Faculty Affairs, invites everyone to the thought-provoking Privacy@Michigan event series running through March.
