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IT briefing: Workday go-live set for June; OSU outlines zero‑trust and research computing plans
Summary
Interim CIO Sam Williams briefed trustees on the Administrative Modernization Program and a June Workday go-live; CISO David McMorries described a zero‑trust approach, single-sign-on rollout and steps to harden campus cybersecurity as higher education faces elevated threats.
Sam Williams, Interim Vice Provost and Chief Information Officer, updated the committee on the Administrative Modernization Program, saying the Workday deployment for Finance and Human Resources is on time and on budget and that go‑live is scheduled in June. Williams emphasized testing, user experience and campus readiness as near‑term priorities.
Williams also described a Data Modernization initiative and the creation of a Research Computing Office to provide scalable and equitable research computing services; he said the work supports investments such as the Jen‑Hsun Wong and Lori Mills Wong Collaborative Innovation Complex and the planned supercomputer facility.
David McMorries, Chief Information Security Officer, described OSU’s cybersecurity posture, saying the university has adopted a zero‑trust architecture and a Smart Access platform to provide access based on employee identity type. McMorries said OSU now has a consolidated single sign‑on point for most applications and noted that higher education is a target for cyber threats; trustees discussed training, vendor risk and security requirements for research work.
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