Network access for Informatics events
If you are in the School of Informatics and organising an event for which network access will be needed, this is what to do:
Account archival
Now on the Informatics Computing Hub (University users only).
What is DICE?
DICE stands for Distributed Informatics Computing Environment.
The term DICE encompasses all those computing services developed, maintained and supported by the School's computing staff.
Archiving of taught student home directories
Now on the Informatics Computing Hub (University users only).
Responsibility for maintaining web content
Now on the Informatics Computing Hub (University users only).
Notice required for account creation and computer installation
Now on the Informatics Computing Hub (University users only).
DICE Linux
DICE desktops and servers run Linux (mostly Ubuntu). They're managed by the School's computing staff.
Storing sensitive data in a Cloud service
The University IS advice states that you must encrypt any medium or high risk data if you are going to upload it to a cloud service however there is still risk in this so we do not recommend using cloud services for anything other than low-risk data and would still recommend encrypting this also.
Apart from data security and legal worries, users have found complications when using cloud sharing clients with shared network filesystems such as our AFS home directories.
Transferring sensitive data by email
If you must transfer sensitive data by email, consider :-