Computer Security
These pages include basic security guidelines for U students, faculty & staff for everyday use of computer workstations, e-mail and your department network.
Basic Computer Safety
- Security - Passwords
- Security - Personal Stuff
- Safe Computing Practices
- Software Updates and Patches
- Computer Viruses & Worms
- Phishing Scams & ID Theft
- What To Do if You Think You've Been Hacked or Infected
- Peer-to-Peer File Sharing
- Security-Related Policies (Network Acceptable Use, Peer-to-Peer, IT Resources Security Policies)
- Resource Links
Identity Theft
- What is Identity Theft and Identity Fraud?
- How serious is the problem?
- What information should you protect?
- How do criminals steal your personal identity or information?
- What crimes are committed using one's personal identifying information?
- How do you protect yourself?
- What if your identity has been stolen - or you suspect that it has been stolen?
IT Security memos
- Individual Responsibility for Information Security - September 2005
- Phishing Scams - August 2005
- Information Security - June 2005
For More
- For more advanced or specific security information, or for more information on Security Best Practices, Guidelines and Policies please go to the Information Security Office's website. This website is accessible only from campus network space.
- To report a security incident, please see www.iso.utah.edu/incidents.html. This webpage is accessible only from campus network space.
- To inform campus of a network-related outage or maintenance downtime, please post a message to the Network-Outage listserv.
