National CyberSecurity Awareness Month 2020 is here!

Celebrate NCSAM and Do Your Part.  #BeCyberSmart

 Tips for Working, Teaching, & Learning Remotely

As many of us are working, teaching, and learning remotely, we urge you to keep your personal and professional information secure. 

• Never share your College owned devices or passwords with family or friends.  While we appreciate it's challenging to work in these uncertain times, College data and equipment should be protected per the Acceptable Use policy and the Written Information Security Program.
• If you need to share personal devices at home, create unique accounts for others so your respective private information is safe.  This is especially important so that your web browser isn't confused by concurrent Google account logins, which could result in inadvertent access to content that should not be shared, or the use of your credentials by someone else.

Why do we need to be concerned about computing security?

Privacy

Protecting your computer keeps your data secure, and helps to protect the privacy of our users

Protect College information

A data breach can have many consequences for the College, including loss of systems and data, lost productivity, fines, lawsuits, and damage to its reputation
 

Legal obligations

Most states have breach notification laws that require certain protections for sensitive information; to understand how these laws impact your work, see Wellesley College’s Written Information Security Program, including details about the required annual security awareness training, which you can access from the MyWellesley portal in Administrivia or Employee Services.
 

Security Software at Wellesley College:

• Anti-Virus (Win): Microsoft System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection
• Anti-Virus (Mac): Microsoft System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection
• Anti-Malware (Win): Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
• Anti-Malware (Mac): Malwarebytes Breach Remediation
• Encryption/Secure Deletion (Win): Symantec Endpoint Desktop (formerly PGP)
• Encryption (Mac): FileVault
• Secure Deletion (Mac): Secure Empty Trash