Naval Postgraduate School - Technology Home

Technology Home

Dr. Christine M. Haska,
Vice President Information Resources/CIO

The Naval Postgraduate School's (NPS) centralized Information Technology and Communications Services (ITACS) department is celebrating the fruits of its partnerships - with faculty, staff and students, local government, the state's network system, industry colleagues, other universities and Department of Defense - recently completing the fifth year of the 2003 IT Strategic Plan, The Information Revolution: Planning for Institutional Change.

Over the past year the ITACS department has spent time meeting with industry partners, visiting peer universities and conducting numerous interviews as research to determine: the technological needs; infrastructure design and capabilities; information technology needed to support changes to educational pedagogies; information management and delivery as well as analyzing the universities internal administrative systems. The Naval Postgraduate School, IT Strategic Plan 2009: Imagining the Future of Education and Research provides the guide, for the next five years, to ensure relevant and state-of-the-art, research and education are possible. more...

Network Access Control (NAC)
powered by SafeConnect

NPS is committed to providing you with a high performance network experience while maintaining a safe and secure network environment. Network Access Control (NAC) ensures that systems connecting to the NPS network meet minimum standards. All computers accessing the NPS network must authenticate through this system before they can access the network. All Windows and Macintosh computers must install the SafeConnect Policy Key before accessing network resources.

Download SafeConnect Policy Key for Windows (XP/Vista/7/8)
MD5 (ServiceInstaller.exe) = c7be506fd87302408c593b84725c75bd
Download SafeConnect Policy Key for Macintosh (10.4+)
MD5 (SafeConnectMacInstaller.zip) = 1ddf5fb7be93f7ed07dc42306a1d8958

If you have a NPS network account and you would like to know more about NAC, please install the policy key and visit the Security Center (authenticated access only).

ITACS Computer Self-Help Website

The Technology Assistance Center (TAC) has provided a self-help site to allow students, faculty and staff to perform many computer support tasks. There are over 200 pages, in eight categories: Windows, Mac, Linux, Mobile, Security Center, Educational Technology, Forms, and How-To Videos .

This is the site to visit for your computer support needs. Whether it's hardware, software, networking, or any technical issues, we've got the information you need, right at your fingertips. To access this site type or select https://wiki.nps.edu/tac in your web browser.

NPS Self-Service Password Manager

NPS instituted a self-service password management solution that allows students, staff, and faculty members to reset, unlock, or change their password. This product uses the question-and-answer security system for authentication. It provides users with a cost-efficient, safe, and secure method to reset forgotten passwords including unlocking accounts.

To access this site type or select https://npspassword.nps.edu in your web browser. Enroll by creating your password profile. Enrollment is a one-time process and takes only a few minutes. Manage forgotten or locked accounts by simply supplying the answers from your password profile.

ITACS Launches Video Portal

ITACS team members worked collaboratively to launch NPS Video Portal, featuring on demand and streaming videos.

Videos on the portal can be accessed from on or off-campus, making it easier for students to catch up on the latest happenings at NPS or to watch a lecture they missed. The site also features monthly episodes of Inside NPS, a 30-minute show that appears regularly on the Pentagon Channel. read more

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Naval Postgraduate School Networks

NPS is committed to implementing the latest in optical high speed networking architectures, technologies, and trends to support cutting edge university research. NPS is a member of the Corporation for Educational Network Initiatives in California (CENIC) and participates with higher education research institutions throughout the nation through this partnership and association as a connector with Internet2 networks and other networks worldwide. more...

NPS Unveils New Supercomputer

On January 30, 2009, leaders and faculty from the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) celebrated the arrival of a new supercomputer, a cluster of computers that provide researchers with high-powered processing capabilities that will enable researchers and students to carry out advanced levels of computing never before seen on campus. more...