Each academic year, thousands of students join faculty and staff in learning, teaching, research, and discovery at the University of Iowa. With this excitement comes a critical responsibility—protecting the data that keeps our institution safe.

Are you using text (SMS) or phone calls when logging in with your HawkID? To protect university accounts from rising cyber threats, the University of Iowa is retiring text (SMS) and phone call options for two-step logins for all users by Nov. 4. To support users to may need assistance in switching to the Duo Mobile app, ITS will host popup support tables around campus.

The Iowa Initiative for Artificial Intelligence (IIAI), in collaboration with Information Technology Services, is once again offering introductory short courses in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) this fall.

Email phishing scams remain one of the most common cybersecurity threats, but most phishing attacks are easy to identify and stop.

Verified push notifications to Duo Mobile app enhance security and cut costs.

Steve Fleagle, who has guided the University of Iowa’s information‑technology enterprise for more than two decades, will retire fall of 2025 after 40 years of service to the institution.

Online bad actors expect you to trust what you see and act without thinking. A moment's pause and a couple of simple checks can foil their schemes.