Services that provide security, data integrity, and compliance for UW-Platteville activities. Includes identity and access management, accounts, security consulting and educations, incident response and investigation, and security policy and compliance.
Guest accounts are created for people that are not employees or students at UW-Platteville but still involved with activities at our campuses. Guests receive limited access to campus systems.
Account provisioning and disablement schedule for UW-Platteville on-campus and online students. This schedule does not apply to students enrolled in UW-Platteville's print-based distance learning program.
Account provisioning and disablement schedule for UW-Platteville employees
How to resolve error message "Additional identity proofing is required" when logging in to UW System software. This error message is shown when you are trying to access a system that requires a higher level of identity proofing than you currently have.
WorkGroups (a.k.a WGroups) are used to provide access to shared folders and to build email lists. Follow this process to generate a list of all WorkGroups (WGroups) you belong to. This information is particularly useful to share with your supervisor if you are changing positions on campus or leaving the university.
ITS requires antivirus software be installed and up to date in order to connect to our network. There are a few free options as well as paid options.
Initiating your UW-Platteville account consists of setting a password and enrolling in Duo Self-Service for two-factor authentication. There are three ways employees can initiate their UW-Platteville accounts.
The University of Wisconsin System Regent Policy Document 25-3: "Acceptable Use of Information Technology Resources".
This policy contains the general copyright guidelines that should be followed.
Whenever someone tries to log into your account, Duo will send you a notification and ask you to verify that it is you. These are the steps to take if you receive a notification which you did not initiate as your account may be compromised. NOTE: The Duo phone call option for two factor authentication was disabled April 11, 2022. A phone call for authentication to UW-Platteville systems will ALWAYS be cause for concern.
Things you can do to protect yourself and the university from a phishing attack.
Instructions for generating a list of one-time-use Duo backup codes for those times when your primary device is not available and steps for using those codes.
Instructions for reporting a phishing email to Microsoft through Outlook Web App, Outlook desktop client (new version), or the Outlook mobile app
Directions on how to resync a Duo fob (also known as a token). After a period of time of inactivity, the fob will no longer work and needs to be synced again.
Information on launching and using the Make Me Admin application to obtain temporary administrator access. The Make Me Admin application is available for faculty and staff to use on their university-issued Windows device.