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ITS to launch 1-year Onyen passwords

April 29, 2019

UNC-Chapel Hill is switching to a system of changing Onyen passwords to once a year rather than every 91 days. For the convenience of changing their password just one time per year, campus community members will need to create passwords … Read more

How to create safe and easy passwords and keep track of them

October 12, 2017

In a guest post for National Cyber Security Awareness Month, Charlie Mewshaw, IT Security Specialist with the Information Security Office, answers often-posed questions about passwords, including what constitutes a secure password, why password policies are the way they are, and … Read more

Password managers strengthen online safety

July 13, 2015

Do you feel confident and comfortable with the system you’re using to manage your work and personal passwords? That assumes you even have a system. With data breaches in the news practically every day, using a password management system is … Read more