“ When I started in 2015 , it took us about 800 minutes to close out a phishing attack . Today we do it in 11 ”

— Dr Curtis Carver , Vice President and Chief Information Officer

He has been with UAB since 2015 and , under his leadership , the university has had over 420 ‘ wins ’. Carver defines a ‘ win ’ as a concern raised by the community , which is met with solutions that are validated as successful by staff and students , while in line with the strategic plan . Averaging around 100 wins a year , Carver could not begin to list all of the achievements , but shared with us some from the 2017 and 2018 reports . This year marks the university ’ s 50th anniversary , which has seen the University of Alabama at Birmingham ranked number one amongst young

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