Security Software

Overview:

Below you will find security anti-virus and VPN software offered by the Office of Information Technolgy. Sophos Antivirus is offered at no extra cost for installation on University of Idaho owned computers.

Sophos Antivirus Software

VPN Client Software

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Sophos Anti-Virus Software:

Sophos Antivirus for Personal Machines

Any university account can claim a code to use Sophos Home for use on personal machines. This is for home and personal use ONLY as OIT will have no audit or management access to this software. This is not to be installed on university-managed equipment.

Claim your coupon code here: https://home.sophos.com/en-us/employee

A link to the step-by-step guide can be found here: https://support.uidaho.edu/TDClient/40/Portal/KB/ArticleDet?ID=31

Sophos Antivirus for Windows (UI-Owned Machine)

OIT offers Sophos Antivirus to all University of Idaho-owned machines, and should be installed by default. For personal machines, please see the Sophos Home download link above. To manually install on a UI Windows machine, open SoftwareCenter on your computer, look for the Sophos antivirus package, and install it. A step by step guide can be found at: https://support.uidaho.edu/TDClient/40/Portal/KB/ArticleDet?ID=878

Sophos Antivirus for Mac (UI-Owned Machine)

OIT offers Sophos Antivirus to all University of Idaho-owned machines only. For personal machines, please see the Sophos Home download link above. To install on a UI Mac machine, open Jamf "Self Service" on your computer, look for the Sophos antivirus package, and install it.

VPN Client Software:

OIT uses the Cisco AnyConnect VPN Client to allow secure, encrypted network connectivity directly to the university network. Before you can download the VPN client, please contact your TSP, Sysad or the Student Technology Center stating your reason for requesting VPN access.

Cisco AnyConnect for Windows

The Windows AnyConnect client for Windows works on Windows 10 and 11

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Cisco AnyConnect for Mac

The Windows AnyConnect client for Mac works on OS X version 10.15 and higher.

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Cisco AnyConnect for Linux 64-bit

The Linux AnyConnect client works on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7+ 64-bit, Ubuntu 14.x/16.x/18.x 64-bit. Other distributions may work but have not been tested.

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Cisco AnyConnect for iOS

The iOS AnyConnect client works on iOS 13.0 or later. This link will take you to the Apple App store. You can also find this client by searching for "Cisco AnyConnect" in the App store.

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Cisco AnyConnect for Android

The Android AnyConnect client works on Android 9.0 or later. This link will take you to the Google Play store. You can also find this client by searching for "Cisco AnyConnect" in the Play store.

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