Secure Computing

At Carnegie Mellon, we strive to provide a safe and secure computing environment for the campus community. Campus affiliates should be aware of the Security Guidelines and should follow safe computing practices. 

For more information, visit Carnegie Mellon's Information Security Office web site.
 

Security Tidbits

• Computing Services will NEVER send attachments in e-mail messages. If you are in doubt about a message do not open it!
• Windows Users: If you are running Microsoft Windows or you were referred to this site from the Connecting to the Campus Network document please visit the Security Tools page for information on securing and updating your Windows computer.
• Turn off peer-to-peer networking servers!  Most peer-to-peer file sharing programs (KaZaA, Gnutella, Bittorent, etc.) set your computer up to act as a server. The University of Chicago provides instructions on how to disable this feature for many of the more popular file sharing programs. Contrary to what you may have heard i2hub is NOT a safe alternative. Don't lose your network connection (or face a potential lawsuit) for copyright infringement!