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Facelift 2022 – The IT Center Blog Relaunch
Announcement for our blog relaunch
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NOW ONLINE! Since 2015, we have been providing you with useful information about our IT services for your studies or your work at RWTH Aachen University on our blog. With fun & facts on various topics, we lighten up your everyday life at university. After seven years, a relaunch was due and our beloved blog got a facelift. What changes can you see?
#ITbites
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In social media and on the Internet in general, there are thousands of tricks and creative solutions to make everyday life easier – so-called lifehacks.
We also want to provide you with helpful tips from the IT sector and thus simplify your everyday work. Shortcuts, tutorials, tips and tricks – that and much more awaits you in our new series #ITbites, which we launched in February 2022 for and with you. Read the rest of this entry »
Our Dialog Marketing Trainees
A Look Behind the Scenes
The Trainees for Dialogue Marketing
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As a provider of education and training in the StädteRegion Aachen, the IT Center offers education and training positions for various professions. The trainees for dialogue marketing are primarily trained in the department “Service & Communication” and support the IT-ServiceDesk in 1st-level support by telephone, in person and in writing. Support is one of the main tasks of the trainees. In addition, however, you will also be given special tasks, write technical reports and work on projects. The administrative part of the training is facilitated and ensured by in the Finance, Human Resources & Organizational Support department. The trainees are deployed there for nine weeks. Read the rest of this entry »
The new Quick Guide for RWTHmoodle
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RWTHmoodle is the central teaching and learning platform of RWTH Aachen University. In order to help new and prospective lecturers quickly familiarize themselves with the use of RWTHmoodle and the most important functions for the start with the platform, we have created a Quick Guide for the introduction to RWTHmoodle. This Guide leads new employees through the most important instructions that are particularly helpful for working with RWTHmoodle.
Macros – E-mail Filtering at RWTH
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E-mails are a major gateway for cyberattacks. These attacks are no longer isolated incidents and are part of our everyday life. Especially the spreading of malware through attached documents with macros are very popular among cyber criminals. These macros can for example contain hidden malware. If the recipient activates these macros when opening the document, any malicious software they may contain can cause great damage. For this reason, a protection mechanism for e-mail macro filtering was installed for the RWTH e-mail service on November 16, 2021. Office documents are the most used, but also PDFs, e.g. containing form fields. Read the rest of this entry »
SQL Injection: Databases Attacks
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Database systems are essential in many aspects. They allow large amounts of data to be organized, read and stored for the long term. The field of application of database systems is vast and so is the amount of personal data stored in them. For example, banks and insurance companies use databases to structure and store account information and information relating to accounting transactions. Every time we search for a product in a web store, we access a specific database, and our user data, such as login information, is also stored in databases. At best, these sensitive data are encrypted. The effort required to build and maintain these electronic databases is great – but the biggest challenge is to ensure their security. One of the greatest threats to these databases and the data they contain are so-called code injections. Read the rest of this entry »
Enrolled – and now?
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In order to organize your studies at RWTH Aachen University and to access the IT services of the university, you need an RWTH account. This account will be issued to you via the so-called ConnectMe coupon procedure. This procedure may vary slightly depending on whether you are enrolling at RWTH for the first time or have been enrolled at the university before. Read the rest of this entry »
Limited Availability of IdM
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It is that time of year again: The semester change is just around the corner, and with it, another comprehensive maintenance of the central user dashboard of RWTH Aachen University – the Identity Management (IdM) – is taking place. This involves processing a large amount of changed data so that the system can continue to run smoothly in the upcoming summer semester of 2022.
For this reason, the system will have limited availability from Thursday, March 31, 2022 from 4pm until Monday, April 04, 2022 at 9am.
Social Media @ IT Center
Become part of our network!
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For more than two years now, the motto has been: Social Media @ IT Center! Since October 01, 2019 we are on the road for and with you on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube.
Become part of our network and follow us on our social media channels in order to never miss an update from #ITCenter! Read the rest of this entry »
#ITCenterEvents Parallel Programming in Computational Engineering and Science 2022
Join our PPCES this year!
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The PPCES 2022 is about to start!
Again this year, the one-week (March 21-25, 2022) HPC seminar will take place at the IT Center of RWTH Aachen University to train you on the latest developments around parallel programming on the RWTH high performance computer.
Registration deadline is already March 18 – be there! Read the rest of this entry »
