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The Help Spot: Security Tutorial

Introduction

The last few years has seen a tremendous increase in the number of attacks on networked computers.  When a system is compromised by an attack, it can be out of commission for hours or even days leading to loss of productively and in some cases loss of priceless research and other data. 

The following pages have been created to educate you about the various mechanisms available to secure information technology resources. 

Some of these have already been implemented by ISS and others are ones that we encourage users to implement on their own.

Tutorial Topics:

Introduction

Passwords

Firewalls

VPN

Anti-Virus Software

Patching