HOXHUNT CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS

Spot it. Report it. Earn your Stars!

Every Hoxhunt training email is an opportunity to sharpen your cybersecurity skills and earn stars. Discover how reporting simulations and completing microtraining can boost your progress!

Cybersecurity Awareness Month 

Stay Cyber Smart This October

Look out for tips and practical ways to help keep yourself and NWU safe online.

ITHome explained 

Everything IT. One place.

Take a quick tour of your new ITHome and see what each section does.

Fresh from the press 

WorkWisely: Your IT toolkit

Discover practical IT updates, tools and tips to help you work smarter.

After-hours emergency contact numbers

Promoted IT information 

Important information

Useful guidance, resources and updates that deserve extra visibility on the IT home page.

Students • Featured 

NWU IT Student Information 2026

Everything students need to connect, access core services and get their digital study environment ready.

WorkWisely magazine

Explore WorkWisely

Read IT stories, practical tips and digital workplace updates from across NWU.

Hoxhunt phishing awareness illustration

Something phishy? Spot it. Stop it. Report it.

Learn to recognise suspicious emails and report them using Hoxhunt.

Service catalogue 

Find the IT service you need

Open a category to find the relevant service and request route.

Core IT services

Academic computing and infrastructure services.

Academic Computing

Academic Computing

IT services for computer rooms, teaching, learning and research.

IT Infrastructure

IT Infrastructure

Services for data storage, audiovisual technologies, networks, internet access and WiFi.

Digital workplace

Communication, collaboration and workplace technologies.

Communication & Collaboration

Communication & Collaboration

Email, Microsoft Teams and tools for communicating and working together.

Workplace Technologies

Workplace Technologies

Services for user accounts, passwords, office applications and digital workplace tools.

Digital tools 

Featured IT platforms and resources

Useful digital resources that complement the Service Catalogue without repeating the main navigation.

Service availability 

System health at a glance

Past 12 months

Internet 100% 
Varsity Vending 99.86% 
Finance System 99.35% 
NWU Web 99.08% 
eFundi 98.64% 

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