Information Security
Security should be first and foremost in the mind of everyone who uses a computer at Eastern.
News reports are filled with incidents of laptops containing sensitive, personal information being stolen, of servers and work stations being hacked and entered, of data being compromised, of passwords being stolen in order to gain access to accounts, of viruses and worms, of spyware and malware — of all sorts of malicious and illegal acts.
It is your responsibility to do all that you can do in order to counter and combat these threats and to promote safe computing.
ITS provides a number of tools and services to help ensure that our network is a stable one and that the university’s computing resources are protected. However, secure computing is up to individuals. The information on these pages can help ensure that your computer will be free from hackers, viruses and spyware, and the skills you learn will enable you to stay a step ahead of tomorrow’s challenges.
There are many kinds of threats to the safety and security of the university’s computing environment. Once, computer security simply meant keeping your password secret and running an anti-virus program. In today’s complex on-line world, concerns are more far reaching. There are many basic policies and practices that you, the computer user, can follow in order to help keep your computer and the campus network more secure.