October is Cyber Security Awareness Month. 聽Here are some easy ways to keep you and your information safe:
- Never share your passwords.聽If someone does not have a password to gain access to a resource, they probably were not supposed to have it in the first place.
- Do not open suspicious email.聽If you receive an e-mail message from an unknown person that contains an attachment, do not open it. The e-mail may contain a virus.
- Lock your computer when you walk away.聽For Windows users, be sure to use the 鈥淐trl-Alt-Del鈥� function to prevent someone from using your computer when you step away from your desk.
- Protect information stored on external media.聽Take steps to properly erase and dispose of external media such as CD-ROMs, diskettes, or USB flash drives.
- Protect information stored on your computer.聽Store data on your network drive and not on your computer鈥檚 hard drive (e.g. C:drive).