The following applications have been patched and are now back online: -Student Opportunity Application Portal (SOAP) -OnBase SSO for select forms, including HR Ops and CAESAR Access -Diploma Validation Widget -Graduate Student Progress (GSP) -Northwestern Loan Applications -ECATS UI -Facilities Connect Offcycle Runner -Faculty Recruiting System (FRS) -Maxient -Northwestern Now -Northwestern Magazine -REDCap
Other Northwestern systems may remain unavailable while patching continues. Systems currently known to be impacted include, but may not be limited to: -CONDUITS Online Form
The next update will be provided by 11:00 AM CDT, on Friday, October 23.
Posted Oct 22, 2026 - 13:15 CDT
Update
Application security patching is continuing. The following applications have been patched and are now back online:
-Student Opportunity Application Portal (SOAP) -OnBase SSO for select forms, including HR Ops and CAESAR Access -Diploma Validation Widget -Graduate Student Progress (GSP) -Northwestern Loan Applications -ECATS UI -Facilities Connect Offcycle Runner -Faculty Recruiting System (FRS) -Maxient -Northwestern Now -Northwestern Magazine -REDCap
Other Northwestern systems may remain unavailable while patching continues. Systems currently known to be impacted include, but may not be limited to:
-CONDUITS Online Form
The next update will be provided by 14:00 PM CDT, 10/22/2026.
Posted Oct 22, 2026 - 09:56 CDT
Update
Application security patching is continuing. The following applications have been patched and are now back online:
-Student Opportunity Application Portal (SOAP) -OnBase SSO for select forms, including HR Ops and CAESAR Access -Diploma Validation Widget -Graduate Student Progress (GSP) -Northwestern Loan Applications -ECATS UI -Facilities Connect Offcycle Runner -Faculty Recruiting System (FRS)
Other Northwestern systems remain unavailable while patching continues. Systems currently known to be impacted include, but may not be limited to:
-REDCap -Maxient -Northwestern Now -Northwestern Magazine -CONDUITS Online Form
Additional updates will be provided as patching progresses.
Posted Oct 21, 2026 - 15:55 CDT
Update
Application security patching is continuing. The following applications have been patched and are now back online:
-Student Opportunity Application Portal (SOAP) -OnBase SSO for select forms, including HR Ops and CAESAR Access -Diploma Validation Widget -Graduate Student Progress (GSP) -Northwestern Loan Applications -ECATS UI -Facilities Connect Offcycle Runner
Other Northwestern systems remain unavailable while patching continues. Systems currently known to be impacted include, but may not be limited to:
-Faculty Recruiting System (FRS) -REDCap -Maxient -Northwestern Now -Northwestern Magazine
Additional updates will be provided as patching progresses.
Posted Oct 21, 2026 - 11:12 CDT
Update
We are continuing to work on a fix for this issue.
Posted Oct 21, 2026 - 09:30 CDT
Identified
Several University systems that rely on the PHP application environment are currently unavailable while application security patching is in progress. Northwestern IT is working to complete the patching and restore service as quickly as possible.
Northwestern IT systems currently known to be impacted include, but may not be limited to:
-Student Opportunity Application Portal (SOAP) -Graduate Student Progress (GSP) -Northwestern Loan Applications -ECATS UI -OnBase SSO for select forms, including HR Ops and CAESAR Access -Diploma Validation Widget -Facilities Connect Offcycle Runner
We apologize for the disruption and will provide an update when service has been restored.
Posted Oct 21, 2026 - 09:26 CDT
This incident affects: Administrative and Business (ECATS (Student Information Systems), Facilities Connect (Facilities), Faculty Recruitment System (Human Resources Systems), OnBase (Workflow and Document Management)).