Below you can find a brief summary of the information we currently have available about the ZotDefend program.

Use the below Microsoft Booking link to schedule an appointment with someone from the SSCS team and we can help you install the necessary ZotDefend packages.

• https://outlook.office.com/book/SSCSZotDefendSetup@ucirvine.onmicrosoft.com/

The appointment should take 15-30 minutes, during which we will install an application called BigFix. This will add the computer to our inventory and we can use that to install the other remaining required applications in the background while you can continue using the computer normally.

Here are the OIT published pages about the ZotDefend project:

• https://www.oit.uci.edu/2025/03/26/secure-your-devices-with-new-zotdefend-security-package/
• https://www.oit.uci.edu/org/projects/zotdefend/
• https://uci.service-now.com/sp?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0013374

Only stage 1 is being implemented right now:

The UCOP Cybersecurity Mandate requires compliance by May 2025. This will be our primary area of focus.

We will use an application called BigFix to install the following packages:

• Trellix HX
• Tenable Nessus

You can download the installer for BigFix for your computer ahead of time, or we can help you with this during our appointment (see the above Booking link).

• For Mac: BigFix-SocSci-Mac.zip
• For Windows: BigFix-SocSci-Win.zip

We can provide the password to open the .zip archives during our appointment with you.

This will not be implemented right away, but in the future OIT is discussing requiring the following additional security policies:

• the above minimum packages, plus
• Duo Desktop
• Full Disk Encryption
• MS Defender
• Jamf/Intune device management enrollment

They would enforce this by blocking access to certain UCI websites if you do not meet these security requirements.