In order to conform to both the Information Security Policy 3 (IS-3, approved by UC President, Janet Napolitano, on September 7, 2018.) and the UC Cybersecurity Mandate 2025 (aka 'The Drake letter'), all software installed on University computers has to either be on the approved software list, or go through a review process.
The follow software has been approved in the standard use case by the Human Ecology IT Support Team for Data Classifications of P1/P2 and A1.
Standard (Available by default)
Available (Available by request)
Exception (available via an exception request only)
Blocked (Not permitted for use, uninstalled if discovered unless approved via an exception request)
- Adobe Acrobat
- Other Adobe Products (Photoshop, Premiere Pro, etc.)
- Autodesk Products
- BigFix Client
- Box Drive
- Endnote
- Crashplan (faculty computers only)
- Dell Command Update (Dell computers only)
- ESRI ArcGIS
- Google Drive
- Google Chrome
- IBM SPSS
- Ivanti VPN (library VPN)
- MathWorks MATLAB
- Mendeley Desktop
- Microsoft Office
- Other Microsoft Products
- Mozilla Firefox
- Posit RStudio
- Python
- QGIS
- Qualtrics
- R-project
- Safari Browser
- SAS
- Trellix HX EDR
- VLC Media Player
- Zoom
- Zotero
For any software that isn't on the list, a 'Protection Level Assessment' needs to be submitted using this form, and a 'Vendor Risk Assessment' needs to be submitted using this form.