Secure Your Computer

At Carnegie Mellon, we strive to provide a safe and secure computing environment for the campus community and recommend that you follow safe computing practices:

• Follow the Secure Registration steps to: update your operating system and software, turn on the firewall and install Symantec AntiVirus.
• Use CMU-SECURE where available.
• Password protect your computer.
• Run ISO Patch Check regularly.
• Make sure the "Automatically install updates" option is selected for your operating system and software.
• Make sure Symantec LiveUpdate is scheduled to run daily.
• Routinely change your Andrew account password and security questions.
• Exercise caution when opening attachments via email, chat rooms, and on social networking sites; never disclose your password or other confidential information in email.
• Install and run Identity Finder software.
• Subscribe to Computing Services News & Alerts.