Northwestern Information Technology will be performing maintenance on network security equipment which filters traffic between the internet and campus. This work is being performed to address potential security vulnerabilities. There will be 2 brief interruptions in service of a few seconds when equipment is failed over. In addition, remote sites will be impacted as follows:
Below are the remote sites that will be affected for 30-60 minutes during the posted window: - Cellular Distributed Antenna System (DAS) monitoring - Automated Telephone Directory - Redcap/StudyTracker access through Apporto Health App - NUworkspace/Apporto - Garrett Jenzabar - EDM CDWG for Device Configuration Services
Below are the remote sites with redundancy that will NOT be affected: - Government Relations Office at Washington DC - NYC Alumni Office - Azure Cloud Services - Amazon Web Services - Google Cloud Service - Qatar Campus - Northwestern Print
Posted Sep 17, 2026 - 11:52 CDT
This scheduled maintenance affects: Voice Services (Telephone Services (Videoconferencing and Telephones)) and Infrastructure (Wired Network Services (Network Connectivity), Wireless Network Services (Network Connectivity)).