Current ITS Projects

ProjectDescriptionTimelineMapping to WSU System Strategic Plan
IAM RoadmapSecure funding or concrete deferral of the IAM roadmap, which will affect the replacement of home-grown IAM systems with Okta workflows and automation. In the case of concrete deferral, generate issue paper formalizing deficiencies in existing IAM practices and resourcing.6/30/27Institutional Effectiveness and Infrastructure
Establish Infrastructure Working GroupsEstablish working groups for DNS, FWaaS, Gitlab Ultimate, and WAN to drive core services cooperatively with stakeholders and partners.6/30/24Institutional Effectiveness and Infrastructure
Cloud Management PlatformSecure funding for a unified cloud management platform that can operationalize functional management tasks to IT units including ISS, NEA, and CDS, or concrete deferral which will generate issue paper formalizing business continuity weaknesses in the ITS cloud practice.12/31/23Institutional Effectiveness and Infrastructure
WANBuild central network hub for WSU system with inter-links to each campus and a 100Gbps DIA circuit.6/1/23Institutional Effectiveness and Infrastructure
Telecommunications RoadmapEstablish working group and processes to update design standards to reflect new decision making around service demarcation and technology selection.6/30/24
Network Engineering RoadmapHarmonize border and core architectures for all campuses in the WSU system around a collapsed-core routing and FW model.6/30/26
Develop Splunk RoadmapDevelop initial roadmap for Splunk service to determine initial direction of current service offering and provide a timeframe for future service architecture discussions12/31/23Institutional Effectiveness and Infrastructure
Implement Individual Email PolicyPolicy to reduce enterprise data risk by eliminating the ability for employees to automatically forward email from the central system.6/30/23Institutional Effectiveness and Infrastructure
Complete Service Account Removal ProjectProject to reduce risk to ITS systems by removing service accounts that are not properly secured by adherence to the current password policies.12/31/23Institutional Effectiveness and Infrastructure
Develop AG/ITS lifecycle processes for legal holdsNew process to outline agreed upon steps to implement and remove employee data holds6/30/23Institutional Effectiveness and Infrastructure
Develop Primary Datacenter UPS RoadmapDevelop roadmap for replacement of aging major UPS devices in ITB 1010 to facilitate continued support of HPC advancement and Pullman campus server co-location services3/31/23Institutional Effectiveness and Infrastructure
Implement Admin By Request across ITS and Endpoint customersProject to implement tool needed for managing user computers as risk is reduced by removal of Admin rights on individual assigned computers.6/30/23Institutional Effectiveness and Infrastructure
Teams Secure Storage ImplementationA new service offering to provide for a secure location within our MSFT Teams environment for storage of HIPPA related data files.9/30/23Institutional Effectiveness and Infrastructure
Sunset alumni email serviceProject to reduce risk by eliminating over 100,000 unused email address and mailboxes for previous students and employees (keeping email addresses for all newly departing students)6/30/23Institutional Effectiveness and Infrastructure
Develop Active Directory roadmapRoadmap for future direction of AD implementations within the production environment6/30/23Institutional Effectiveness and Infrastructure
Implement Plan to Sunset Windows Server 2012Determine plan for Server 2012 EOL in November 20239/30/23Institutional Effectiveness and Infrastructure
Sunset non-Outlook email clientsProcess to remove all email clients not meeting current security requirements. Outlook appears to be the only viable client that meets all requirements at this time. Project currently on hold.6/30/24Institutional Effectiveness and Infrastructure
Sunset alumni email serviceProject to reduce risk by eliminating over 100,000 unused email address and mailboxes for previous students and employees (keeping email addresses for all newly departing students)6/30/23Institutional Effectiveness and Infrastructure
Develop Active Directory roadmapRoadmap for future direction of AD implementations within the production environment6/30/23Institutional Effectiveness and Infrastructure
Develop and Implement Plan to Sunset Windows Server 2012Determine plan for Server 2012 EOL in November 20236/30/23Institutional Effectiveness and Infrastructure
Sunset non-Outlook email clientsProcess to remove all email clients not meeting current security requirements. Outlook appears to be the only viable client that meets all requirements at this time. Project currently on hold.6/30/24Institutional Effectiveness and Infrastructure
Implement Evaluate My Transfer Credit in myWSU for Prospective StudentsEnhance the delivered utility to allow guest users the ability to self-report their transfer credit to see what credit they can earn at WSU and how that credit will be applied towards a WSU degree.FY2023Student Experience
myWSU Academic PlannerBeyond populating the planner with courses that satisfy unmet degree requirements, a Time Block feature has been added to facilitate the creation of a term schedule.FY2022Student Experience