Did you know that most of the email coming to UNC-Chapel Hill email addresses is junk? Spam, phishing, viruses and other bad emails account for 92.8 percent of the email received at Carolina over the previous six months. That … Continued

As part of your life or work on campus, consider the amount of email you send and receive each day and all the digital devices you use. You’re texting and emailing from the time you wake until your head finally … Continued

The Sensitive Information Remediation Project, better known as Project SIR, is a campus-wide initiative with the purpose to scan, find, delete and/or secure sensitive information. Project SIR is being implemented across campus by units, departments and individuals invested in the … Continued

This video is courtesy of the Stop.Think.Connect campaign as part of the National Cyber Security Awareness Month.   As big data breaches such as those targeting Home Depot and Target increasingly grab headlines, one security tool with a technical-sounding name … Continued

Yesterday’s post was about how to stay secure when using public WiFi networks. Today, we’re sharing a few more tips on the topic. If you decide you’re going to use your mobile device on a public wireless network, you can … Continued

While out and about, you pull out your mobile device and several public wireless networks pop up. Those free WiFi connections entice you as you mindfully consider your mounting data usage charges. Considering all the information security threats out there, … Continued

This month ITS News is recognizing National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM) by sharing advice, insights and resources with you on all sorts of digital security topics. We’re dovetailing with the national campaign —this is the 11th year that the … Continued

October 17 | 11 a.m. – 12p.m. | Global Fedex Building ITS is pleased to welcome Virginia Tech’s Randy Marchany to campus as he speaks about cyber security preparedness and best practices on October 17th at our Cyber Security Town … Continued

Many computers that provide access to Internet content are vulnerable to an internet security exploit called “Heartbleed” including UNC networks. The bug affects software that a majority of secure websites (those that start with “https”) use to encrypt personal and … Continued

World Backup Day on March 31, 2014, is an independent initiative started in 2013 to raise awareness about the importance of regular backups for your technology devices. According to research by Google, computer storage drives have failure rates between 2% … Continued

Carolina provides outstanding information technology resources that you may choose to access remotely if you travel over spring break. If you use University computing resources while travelling, please remember that connecting over the Internet can carry some risks. Below are … Continued

People affected by the recent University data breach can turn to a variety of resources for information and help in answering their questions. Meredith Weiss, associate vice chancellor for business services and administration, outlined the available resources during the Jan. … Continued