Unit Head: Tahir Abdurahman Moh’d Overview: The Network Unit plays a pivotal role in ensuring a robust and reliable network infrastructure for the University. Led by my humble self Tahir Abdurahman Moh’d, we are committed to providing seamless network services, fostering innovation, and securing the University’s digital ecosystem. Below are outlines activities, vision, and mission of the Network Unit. Activities: Internet Service Provision: We manages the provision of high-speed internet services throughout the campus, ensuring that faculty, staff, and students have reliable connectivity for their academic and research needs. Network Design and Expansion: We continually evaluates the university’s network infrastructure and designs expansion plans to accommodate the growing demands of users. We work to improve the network’s efficiency, speed, and coverage. Implementation, Management of Server Room and Operations: We also oversee the setup and management of the university’s server rooms. This includes server deployment, maintenance, and ensuring high availability for critical systems and services. Troubleshooting Network Issues: We are responsible for promptly diagnosing and resolving any network-related problems across the university campus. This ensures minimal disruption to academic and administrative operations. Security Recommendations: In the Network Unit we assess and implement security features and protocols to safeguard the university’s network from cyber threats and vulnerabilities. We work to establish a secure digital environment for data, research, and communication. Network Documentation: The unit maintains detailed documentation of the network infrastructure, configurations, and changes, making it easier to troubleshoot issues, plan expansions, and ensure regulatory compliance. Vision: To become a model of excellence in network infrastructure management within the academic community and provide a network environment that fosters innovation, supports research education, empowers users with reliable and secure connectivity. Mission: To Ensure the university’s network is always available, reliable, capable of meeting the evolving needs of the academic community and provide facility that enable access to digital resources, knowledge for faculty staff, students and collaborate with other units within the Directorate of ICT to create a seamless, efficient, and secure digital ecosystem. In summary, the Network Unit, under our leadership, plays a pivotal role in ensuring that the university’s digital infrastructure is reliable, secure, and conducive to research, education, and administrative activities. Our commitment to innovation and service excellence contributes significantly to the overall success of the institution.