Security & Viruses

Computing securely and safely is an important issue to building robust and confident networks of information. This page contains information about how you can clean and secure your computer from malicious threats and be a safe contributing member of the Rice network.

October = NCSAM 

October is National CyberSecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM).  Rice's theme this year is:
"2009 - The Year of the Phish"

• "Year of the Phish" fliers sent to all department mail stops September 24
• Book marks available in college commons and the student center beginning September 28
• Speaker series during lunch once each week September 28 - October 30:
• September 28 - Facebook: Use and Risks for Teens (PDF map to Duncan Private Dining Room)
• October 7 - Security vs. Privacy at Home (PDF map  to Martel Private Dining Room)
• October 13 - Password Management for All Your Accounts (PDF map   to Hanszen Classroom 207)
• October 22 - Identity Theft: Prevention and Recovery (PDF map   to McMurtry Private Dining Room)
• October 30 - Credit Information Theft: Prevention, Monitoring,
  and Recovery (PDF map   to Hanszen Classroom 207)
• Life-size posters of students in college commons and student center appearing October 1-30
• Students reappearing in Thresher ads through October 30

Special thanks to students in the Theatre 102 and 301 classes for posing as victims, villains, and bystanders.

Antivirus

• Virus Protection - Download Rice-licensed antivirus software.
• Trend Micro Officescan is available only for Rice-owned Windows computers. 
• PC-Cillin is available for personally-owned computers of Rice employees and students. 

Security

• Rice University Security Policy PDF (154KB)
• Tips for Securing Your Data - Information on ways to protect your data.
• Identity Theft Protection - Easy tips to avoid theft of personal information.
• Phishing - answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
• Phishing Updates  - September 2009 PDF (279KB)
• Choosing Good Passwords - An easy guide to something that can provide you a lot of protection.
• Email with SSL - Information about SSL security for your Rice Email.
• Connect from off-campus or unsecured wireless networks using VPN

Clean Access

• Rice's network security program, Clean Access, helps minimize virus contamination and quarantines computers that get infected. Clean Access requires anti-virus software to be installed and up to date. See antivirus links (above) for details.