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Category: Best Practice

Where To Keep Your Data, And Why

By UTS Support Posted on March 13, 2018 Posted in Best Practice, Mobile, Weekly Tip

This week’s topic is Where to keep your data, and why. It is more an information piece geared to getting you think, than a simple tip. The Tip These days, many of us work on laptops and take our work …

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Check Before You Click

By UTS Support Posted on March 7, 2018 Posted in Best Practice, Weekly Tip

The Tip Did you know that many viruses and other forms of compromise can now be spread just by visiting a website? This makes it more important than ever to be careful what you click on! The Detail Potentially harmful …

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5 Tips to Securing Your Webcam

By UTS Support Posted on February 20, 2018 Posted in Best Practice, Weekly Tip

The Tip January 28 was Data Privacy Day. Read this post about the importance of securing your webcam and protecting your privacy. This is a guest-post by Marc Saltzman, who has reported on the high-tech industry since 1996 as a …

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The Culture of Security

By UTS Support Posted on February 13, 2018 Posted in Best Practice, General, Weekly Tip

This week’s topic is The Culture of Security The Tip Our community has its own culture. We have a standardized method of communication. We have dress codes. We have expectations, rules, and a collective personality that exists in the university. …

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The 10 Tenets of OpSec

By UTS Support Posted on February 1, 2018 Posted in Best Practice, General

From Beazley Breach Response Services and Lodestone Security Operations Security, or OpSec, is the mindset of using secure practices. Practicing OpSec helps keep us safe from ne’er-do-wells. Secure your space Don’t leave sensitive documents out when away from your workspace. Lock …

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Patch, Patch, Patch – You need to stay up-to-date

By UTS Support Posted on January 16, 2018 Posted in Best Practice, Weekly Tip

This week’s topic is Patch, Patch, Patch – You need to stay up-to-date The Tip There are going to be a lot of updates released in the weeks to come for your phone, your tablet, your computers… it is more …

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USB Flash Drive Security – It’s Important

By UTS Support Posted on January 9, 2018 Posted in Best Practice, Malware, Mobile, Weekly Tip

USB drives are so pervasive in today’s world of technology, that it’s all too easy to become blasé to the many risks in using this very useful and ubiquitous technology. Risks inherent with USB Flash Drives fall into two broad …

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Password Managers – You should be using one

By UTS Support Posted on December 26, 2017 Posted in Best Practice, Weekly Tip

This week’s topic is Password Managers – You should be using one The Tip The majority of us use not-so-strong passwords, and reuse them on different sites. After all, how are you supposed to use and remember strong and unique …

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Phishing – Don’t get Hooked!

By UTS Support Posted on December 19, 2017 Posted in Best Practice, E-mail, SMS Messaging, Weekly Tip

A good bit of information and infographic from Digital Guardian. Phishing attacks are by no means a new issue, but rather one that has plagued individuals and businesses for many years. In fact, the 2016 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report …

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2-Step Verification

By UTS Support Posted on December 12, 2017 Posted in Best Practice, E-mail, Weekly Tip

This week’s topic is 2-Step Verification. The Tip It’s easier than you think for someone to steal your password Any of these common actions could put you at risk of having your password stolen: Using the same password on more …

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Passwords vs Passphrases

By UTS Support Posted on November 23, 2017 Posted in Best Practice, General, Network, Weekly Tip

Welcome to the first in what we hope to make a weekly series of Cybersecurity tips. This week’s topic is Passwords and Passphrases. The condensed version is, “passwords are bad, passphrases are better”. This is a ‘b@dPas3Word!’. ‘This is a …

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World Backup Day – March 31st

By UTS Support Posted on November 18, 2016 Posted in Alerts, Best Practice, General

World Backup Day is a global initiative to remind and teach people to properly and safely backup their files. At Nipissing University, we have our shared and home directories backed up daily to keep all our hard work safe. For …

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