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New no-fee Cornell service for media destruction, R5, available
Items that can be picked up by R5 include: monitors, CPUs and hard drives, keyboards, circuit boards, cables, mice, printers, copiers...
Computer Security at Cornell provides information about how to recognize and respond to security problems, how to protect your identity and university data, and more.
It takes more than antivirus software to safeguard Cornell’s computing resources and data. It takes you. Taking steps to secure your computer not only helps keep your data safe, it demonstrates your commitment to protecting the university network and all data created, stored, and shared over the network by the campus community. Read more
Keeping your computer secure takes vastly less time than recovering from a security problem. If your computer is compromised, you will likely lose access to it for at least a few hours, possibly days. You may also lose any work you did since your computer was last backed up.
Note: With new opportunities to store data on the cloud (on non-Cornell servers) it's important that the Cornell community take steps to protect personal and institutional data. Go to Data and Identity Protection in the Cloud for issues and information.
Adobe reports that a ColdFusion vulnerability could permit unauthorized users to remotely retrieve files. Please apply the hotfix.
Read moreItems that can be picked up by R5 include: monitors, CPUs and hard drives, keyboards, circuit boards, cables, mice, printers, copiers...
Look at examples of fraudulent emails, "phishing," seen on campus, and learn how to protect yourself from Internet fraud.