News & Service Announcements

News & Service Announcements

Keep yourself updated with the latest OIT news and service announcements.

Holiday Online Safety Tips

The State Security Office would like to pass on some holiday online safety tips from our friends at …

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Cybersecurity Awareness Month

Today marks the 20th year of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, a national effort to raise awareness abo…

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Rapid Cloud Migration Award

Statescoop 50 Awards Winners LogoThe State of Alaska received a 2024 StateScoop 50 Award for State IT Innovation for Rapid Cloud Migr…

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Microsoft Online Training

State of Alaska employees with @alaska.gov email addresses have access to the Microsoft Learner Expe…

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Cellular Service Migration

On December 31, 2023, the State of Alaska's current agreement with GCI to provide core cellular serv…

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New Strengthened Security Requirements for Cisco Phone Systems

Beginning February 28 , 2023, the State of Alaska will be upgrading the security measures surroundin…

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Webex Software to be Retired 3.15.23-Make the switch to Teams

On March 15, 2023, the state of Alaska will be retiring the use of WebEx software for virtual confer…

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New Streamlined VPN Process

The Office of Information Technology is happy to announce the new streamlined and automated VPN proc…

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Updated Service Catalog Available!

 

Over the past year, OIT has worked closely with departments across the State to perform an in-dep…

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Microsoft to Retire Internet Explorer 6.15.22

Microsoft is retiring Internet Explorer; IE will be removed from devices after 6/15/22.

What is hap…

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New Self-Registration for Guest Wireless

The Office of Information Technology is happy to announce the new guest self-registration feature fo…

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New SOA Email Security Features Available Today!

What to Expect:

You may notice a difference when you click on links in an email message.

    • I…

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Revised Training Security Policy

Overview

The State Security Office (SSO), in collaboration with OIT Portfolio, Policy and Planning …

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Multi-Factor Authentication

To improve the security and privacy of employee accounts and State of Alaska data the Office of Info…

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Desktop Service and Standardization Program

Project Overview

Today, state agencies buy and maintain their own desktops, notebooks, and peripher…

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Printing and Scanning While Teleworking

The State of Alaska (SOA) has identified multiple options to print and scan work documents while tel…

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VTC Hijacking and Zoom-bombing

With the transition to work remotely, there is an increase in the number of cyber-attacks against th…

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Efficient Teleworking with VPN

We are pleased to see more State of Alaska employees being able to telework. As we work remotely it …

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Remote Work

Overview

Remote work is a working style that allows professionals to work outside of a traditional …

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Phishing & Scams Related to COVID-19

The State Security Office has been notified of an increase in the number of email phishing scams rel…

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