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SECURITY'AWARENESS'TIPS'
1. Never!respond! to! email! or! telephone! requests! f o r! pa s s w o rd s ,! ac c o u n t ! nu m b ers ,! or! an y! co n f i d en t i a l ! or!
sensitive!information!no!matter!w h o !m a kes !t h e!req u es t .!
2. Never!leave!your!co m p u t er!logged!on!unatten d ed ,!even!for!a!min u t e. !!Remember,!you!a re!responsible!
for!activity!performed!under!your!assigned!user!id.!!Always !take!care!to!log !off !from !each !app l i c a t i o n !
when!the!work!is!completed!or!when! yo u !are!leavi n g !your!wo rk!area!fo r!an!ex t en d ed !period! o f !time.! !It!
is!highly!recommended!that!you!power!off !t h e!d es kt o p
!at!the!end!of!your!business!day.!
3. Create!a!strong!password.!!A!non‐word!with!one!or!more!numbers!inserted !in!the!mid d l e!(not!on!the!
ends)! is! the! best! choice.! ! To! make! a! memorable! and! secure! password! use! the! letters! from! a!
phrase/song,!add!digits,!and!us e!u p p er!a n d !l o w er!c a s e!l et t ers !( ex . !I!L o ve!P a ri s !In!The!Spring! – !IL 2 p i T S 4 ) .!
4. Do!not!give!your!passwo rd !to!anyone!for!any!reason! o r!type!your!password!when!so m eo n e!is!watching.!!
Don’t!write!down!your!pa s s w o rd ,!include!it!in!automat ed !scripts,!store!it!on!your!hard!drive/PD A !and!
don’t!ask!the! system!to!remember!yo u r! id!and!password.!! Employees!should!never!log! on!with!their!
user!id/password!and!then!permit!a n o t h er!u s er!t o !h a ve!a c c es s !t o !t h e!d evi c e. !!!
5. Never! send! confidential! or! personal! information! (e.g . ,! password,! credit! card! or! account! information,!
social!security!number,!driver’s!licens e!n u m b er,!et c . ) !t h ro u g h !t h e!n et w o rk. !!!
E‐mail,! chat! and! instant! messaging! are! all! equally! unsafe.! ! Do! not! download! files! from! an! unknown!
source!or!open'emails'or'attachments'from'unknown'sources.!!
6. !To! protect! your! computer! against! viruses! and! o t h er! security! exploits,! install ! and! routinely! run! anti‐
virus! software.! ! Update! your! anti‐virus! software! regularly! to! ensure! new! virus! signatures! will! be!
detected.!!
7. Never! make! or! use! on! any! not eb o o k! or! desktop! computers! illegal! or! unl i c en sed! copies! of! softw a re,!
manuals,!images,!music,!video,!etc.!
8. Dispose!of!personal!or!confident i a l !i n f o rm a t i o n !i n !a !s ec u re!m a n n er!( e. g . ,!s h red ,!w i p e,!i n c i n era t e) . !!
9. Maintain! the! confidentiality! o f ! all! data,! keeping! in! m i n d ! the! privacy! of! all! ind i vi d u a l s ! and! laws! that!
apply!to!it.!!
