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 …
November 29, 2024
Read MoreCybersecurity Awareness Month
Today marks the 20th year of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, a national effort to raise awareness abo…
October 1, 2024
Read MoreRapid Cloud Migration Award
The State of Alaska received a 2024 StateScoop 50 Award for State IT Innovation for Rapid Cloud Migr…
September 20, 2024
Read MoreMicrosoft Online Training
State of Alaska employees with @alaska.gov email addresses have access to the Microsoft Learner Expe…
August 19, 2024
Read MoreCellular Service Migration
On December 31, 2023, the State of Alaska's current agreement with GCI to provide core cellular serv…
December 11, 2023
Read MoreNew Strengthened Security Requirements for Cisco Phone Systems
Beginning February 28 , 2023, the State of Alaska will be upgrading the security measures surroundin…
February 24, 2023
Read MoreWebex 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…
January 20, 2023
Read MoreNew Streamlined VPN Process
The Office of Information Technology is happy to announce the new streamlined and automated VPN proc…
December 7, 2022
Read MoreUpdated Service Catalog Available!
Over the past year, OIT has worked closely with departments across the State to perform an in-dep…
December 7, 2022
Read MoreMicrosoft 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…
June 3, 2022
Read MoreNew Self-Registration for Guest Wireless
The Office of Information Technology is happy to announce the new guest self-registration feature fo…
March 1, 2022
Read MoreNew SOA Email Security Features Available Today!
What to Expect:
You may notice a difference when you click on links in an email message.
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December 8, 2021
Read MoreRevised Training Security Policy
Overview
The State Security Office (SSO), in collaboration with OIT Portfolio, Policy and Planning …
November 24, 2021
Read MoreMulti-Factor Authentication
To improve the security and privacy of employee accounts and State of Alaska data the Office of Info…
September 1, 2021
Read MoreDesktop Service and Standardization Program
Project Overview
Today, state agencies buy and maintain their own desktops, notebooks, and peripher…
August 25, 2020
Read MorePrinting and Scanning While Teleworking
The State of Alaska (SOA) has identified multiple options to print and scan work documents while tel…
April 6, 2020
Read MoreVTC Hijacking and Zoom-bombing
With the transition to work remotely, there is an increase in the number of cyber-attacks against th…
April 2, 2020
Read MoreEfficient Teleworking with VPN
We are pleased to see more State of Alaska employees being able to telework. As we work remotely it …
March 25, 2020
Read MoreRemote Work
Overview
Remote work is a working style that allows professionals to work outside of a traditional …
March 12, 2020
Read MorePhishing & Scams Related to COVID-19
The State Security Office has been notified of an increase in the number of email phishing scams rel…
March 12, 2020
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