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uTech Security - Awareness - Help Protect Yourself
The most important element in protecting our Internet and computing security is you, the user. Check our these links for valuable information you can use to help protect yourself of security breaks.
WIU Computer Related Policies
WIU operates under the guidance of official university policies which can be found in the Official University Policy Manual. Several of these policies relate directly to the use of computers and information technology. These are listed below with links to the pertinent policy
- Campus Network Policy
- Computer Security Policy
- Computer Use Policy
- Policy on Email Usage and Political Activity
- Student Anti-Virus Policy
- Use of the WIU LAN Bulletin Board
In addition, there are several university policies that indirectly relate to computer and technology use. For your convenience, links to these are provided below.
- Anti-Harassment Policy
- Code of Student Conduct
- Intellectual Property Policy
- Policy on Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA)
WIU Security Newsletters
- January 2011: USB Malware Proliferating
- December 2009: Empty the Trash
- November 2009: Password Changes? We Don't Need No Stinking Password Changes
- May 2009: Oops We Did It Again
- March 2009: What's Going On????
- January/February 2009: The New Wild West
- November/December 2008: There's a Sucker Born Every Minute
- September 2008: I Know What You Did Last Summer
- May 2008: Phreaking, SPAM, Phishing, Botnets, Pharming, Vishing, SMiShing, and SPIM - Oh My
- April 2008: Hello Help Desk, I Can't Remember My Password
- March 2008: Rules of the Internet Road (The Need for Security Awareness)
National Cyber Security Awareness Month
Additional Security Information
- Encrypting Microsoft Office Documents
- Anatomy of a Subway Hack
- Protecting Sensitive Data - Document Encryption
- Permanently Delete Sensitive Data
