Pepperdine Graphic

Jonathan See

Pepp IT Urges Community to Update Devices in Wake of Cyber Vulnerabilities

by

Graphics by Cassandra Stephenson As software providers and processor manufacturers race to release patches for two security vulnerabilities that allow hackers to potentially access sensitive data on nearly any computer, Pepperdine IT is urging the university community to immediately apply updates. Security researchers announced “Spectre” and “Meltdown” on Jan. 3, but the … [Read more...] about Pepp IT Urges Community to Update Devices in Wake of Cyber Vulnerabilities

Pepperdine Encourages Students to be Smart With Cyber

by

Graphics by Kelly Rodriguez Pepperdine is ramping up its cybersecurity defenses as the issue of cyber attacks continues to hit close to home. “Some of the [community] members may think, ‘Pepperdine is small, who would want to target us anyway?’” Pepperdine Chief Information Officer Jonathan See said. “Our data tells us otherwise.” Pepperdine logged more than 2.3 … [Read more...] about Pepperdine Encourages Students to be Smart With Cyber

NameCoach App Simplifies Introductions

by

Photo courtesy of Pepperdine University No longer will teachers fumble over students' names and struggle with pronounciation. Dean of Seaver College Michael Feltner introduced via email an application called NameCoach that will allow students to provide their preferred name along with a link to a recording of them speaking their name. The application is expected to go … [Read more...] about NameCoach App Simplifies Introductions

Pepp Email To Transition To Gmail

by

Photo Courtesy of Information TechnologyInformation Technology announced that the Pepperdine email system will transition to Google, adopting Gmail, Google Calendar and the Google application suite (GAFE), Chief Information Officer Jonathan See wrote in an email.Survey feedback inspired the migration over to the Gmail system, according to the Information Technology announcement … [Read more...] about Pepp Email To Transition To Gmail