IT: Cylance Protect

Introducing CylancePROTECT and CylanceOPTICS 

The Cooper Union is pleased to announce a major step forward in our digital security, antivirus, and anti-malware protection.  In the coming months, IT will be rolling out CylancePROTECT to all faculty and staff computers.

Why Cylance? 

Cylance uses AI Driven Threat Protection. CylancePROTECT works where most attacks occur - at the endpoint - for better efficacy, faster resolution, and less disruption. 

How will this effect you?

If you don’t have Cylance installed on your work computer (or aren’t sure) please contact: itsupport@cooper.edu

For Windows users: IT will coordinate with your department for installation details. CylancePROTECT runs in the background to protect your data while you work. 

For Mac users: CylancePROTECT will replace Sophos for those using Apple computers. IT will coordinate with your department for installation details. CylancePROTECT runs in the background to protect your data while you work.

 

  • Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.

  • “My feelings, my desires, my hopes, embrace humanity throughout the world,” Peter Cooper proclaimed in a speech in 1853. He looked forward to a time when, “knowledge shall cover the earth as waters cover the great deep.”

  • From its beginnings, Cooper Union was a unique institution, dedicated to founder Peter Cooper's proposition that education is the key not only to personal prosperity but to civic virtue and harmony.

  • Peter Cooper wanted his graduates to acquire the technical mastery and entrepreneurial skills, enrich their intellects and spark their creativity, and develop a sense of social justice that would translate into action.