The certificate management vendor has confirmed that the on-boarding site for BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) registration for eduroam wireless is available and operational again. Northwestern Information Technology will continue to monitor the stability of this service.
The next update will be provided by 10:00 CDT on Thursday, October 22nd.
Posted Oct 21, 2026 - 19:04 CDT
Update
The vendor on-boarding site for BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) registration for eduroam wireless is still unavailable. As the certificate management vendor continues to investigate and mitigate a security vulnerability, new BYOD devices will not be able to join eduroam.
Existing BYOD devices that are registered are not impacted, nor are managed devices or new enrollment of those devices.
Northwestern Information Technology will be closely monitoring this interruption as many users are being asked to update their BYOD eduroam certificates before November 4th.
The next update will be provided by 10:00 CDT on Thursday, October 22nd.
Posted Oct 21, 2026 - 16:07 CDT
Investigating
Northwestern IT has been informed by our certificate management vendor that the on-boarding page for BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) registration for eduroam wireless is unavailable while they investigate and possibly mitigate a security vulnerability. During this time, new BYOD devices will not be able to join eduroam.
Existing BYOD devices that are registered are not impacted, nor are managed devices or new enrollment of those devices.
Northwestern IT will be closely monitoring this interruption as many users are being asked to update their BYOD eduroam certificates before November 4th.
The next update will be provided by 16:00 CDT, Wednesday 10/21/2026.
Posted Oct 21, 2026 - 12:20 CDT
This incident affected: Infrastructure (Wireless Network Services (Network Connectivity)).