CICS
Sign on to CICS
Sign on to CICS via Host on Demand (HOD). You must have valid HOD and CICS accounts.
Service hours
CICS service hours are 7:00am to 11:00pm. This excludes Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years Day holidays.
Password reset
If your Userid has been suspended from three failed login attempts, you can reset your account and set your CICS password online in MyUB.
If you have difficulty changing your password, please e-mail mvsid-service@buffalo.edu.
Frequently asked questions
- Access to CICS
- Are HOD and CICS the same thing?
- Change your CICS password
- Department changes
- How do I login to CICS?
- Invalid password
- Is my CICS Userid still active?
- My name has changed: will my Userid change?
- Password rules
- Password expired
- Reset password
- Userid revoked
- What is my CICS Userid?
Additional help
Questions regarding training and other areas specific to an application or system should be directed to the data trustee of system you are accessing.
For technical support with CICS please contact your local IT Support person. If your IT Support person is unavailable you can email mvsid-service@buffalo.edu or phone Administrative Computing Services.

