M-Pathways Update
January 2024

My LINC is scheduled to be upgraded on Monday, February 5. The upgrade involves minor changes to the application look and feel. More information on what users can expect in the upgrades system is available in the Overview of Changes.

In order to complete the upgrade, My LINC will be unavailable from Friday, February 2, at 5 p.m. to Monday, February 5, at 8 a.m.

ITS Information Assurance and the School of Information are partnering to bring to you an exciting Privacy@Michigan event in celebration of Data Privacy Day 2024.

Join us on Wednesday, January 31, 4:30-5:30 pm ET, for a webinar on The Economics of Privacy at a Crossroads with Dr. Alessandro Acquisti, Trustees Professor of Information Technology and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz College, and co-director of the CMU Center for Behavioral Decision Research (CBDR).

Dean Andrea Forte will deliver opening remarks and Dr. Florian Schaub will moderate a conversation with a panel of faculty from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame, including Dr. Nazanin Andalibi, and Dr. Kirsten Martin, who delivered the 2023 Privacy@Michigan keynote on Privacy, Power, and Platforms: How to think about user privacy expectations online.

The event is free and open to the public - add it to your calendar and share with anyone who may be interested in attending.

To see recordings of past Privacy@Michigan events, visit the Safe Computing website. Refer to the Safe Computing calendar for more information on U-M cybersecurity and privacy events, and visit Six Words about Privacy to share what privacy means to you.

On Tuesday, February 20, 2024, the University of Michigan will start using an updated Duo Universal Prompt screen for two-factor authentication. All Duo customers across the world, including U-M, are required to transition to the Universal Prompt, and Duo is ending support for the traditional version.

The most notable change will be a new visual design for the Duo prompt pop-up screen that users receive when they login. The advantages of the new Universal Prompt include:

• Streamlined and more intuitive login experience for users
• Automatically prompts users to approve via their last-used authentication method
• Supports more types of hardware security keys

U-M users do not need to take any action to use the new Universal Prompt. There is no change to the Duo Mobile app itself, and authentication methods currently in place will carry over into the new prompt.

“We want U-M users to be aware of the new look and feel,” said Sol Bermann, U-M's Chief Information Security Officer and Executive Director of Information Assurance. While the new prompt may look a bit different, it provides the same protection we’ve always had, just with a new design and some added features.”

To see an example and learn more about Duo’s new Universal Prompt, visit the Upcoming Changes to Duo page on Safe Computing.

ITS Information Assurance (IA) and the School of Information will host a number of events this winter in celebration of International Data Privacy Day, Sunday, January 28, including a webinar with Prof. Alessandro Acquisti, a visit by Michelle Dennedy, J.D., and viewing of the film 1984 at the Michigan Theater.

All events will be free and open to the public. Details, including registration and attendance information, will be posted on the Privacy@Michigan event page. In the meantime, check out recordings of past Privacy@Michigan events.

IA recently made some enhancements to the design and organization of Safe Computing – a go-to website for IT security and privacy information for the U-M community and the general public.

Check out the streamlined main navigation and fresh design of key sections and landing pages at safecomputing.umich.edu. We plan to continue site refresh efforts in the new year and share new web resources - stay tuned!