Conduct online banking and shopping confidently and safely at home by following these six easy home network security tips: For Windows Users, enable Windows Firewall and Windows Defender on your machine. For Mac users, enable the application firewall and install … Read more
Never approve an authentication request from Microsoft Authenticator or Duo if you have not been attempting to log into a UNC or Microsoft resource. Depending on which type of authentication request you chose, these requests may come as push notifications, … Read more
Do you really need that file from 2005? If not, delete it! North Carolina law and UNC’s Records Retention and Disposal Policy require that employees discard information that is no longer relevant to the operation of the University.
When you lose your phone, do you lose your contacts? When you replace your phone, do you lose your apps? When you upgrade your phone do your malicious apps come along to the new phone? There are many tools that … Read more
If you could no longer get to your work email, would you lose your banking account? Savings? Credit cards? Set up a non-UNC email for personal activities. It’s safer, more private and easy to do.
Finance and Operations IT Security will be presenting bi-monthly Lunch and Learn sessions. Join us for the November/December session on Protecting Your Online Accounts.
Because USB drives (sometimes known as thumb drives), are small, readily available, inexpensive and extremely portable, they are popular for storing and transporting files from one computer to another. However, these same characteristics make them appealing to attackers and putting … Read more
With the Nov. 1 deadline looming for required Office 365 Two-Step Verification, F&O IT Security would like to encourage you to implement two factor authentication options (2FA) on some of your other frequently visited websites.
The website haveibeenpwned.com enables you to see if your email or password has been compromised in a data breach. Go to the site, enter your email address(s) and it will tell you the results. (According to Wikipedia, pwned is a … Read more
