Do Not Reveal your Rice Passwords
Several email hoaxes have reached Rice email accounts. Do not reply to anyone who emails you for your password. More details in the phishing PDF (230KB).
Who's Who and Work-at-home Schemes
Several financial schemes are circulating through email servers. Who's Who directory companies target faculty, researchers and professionals, while the work-at-home schemes target low-income employees, unemployed people, and students. More details in the IT Security Tip PDF (264KB).
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.
Antivirus
- Virus Protection - Download Rice-licensed antivirus software.
- Legacy Antivirus Software - Software that was previously supported by Rice IT.
Security
- Rice University Security Policy PDF (154KB) - Discusses IT's policies that it implements for Rice.
- National Cyber Security Awareness Month - Find out how to protect your computer
- Tips for Securing Your Data - Information on ways to protect your data.
- Identity Theft Protection - Easy tips to avoid theft of personal information.
- Phishing and other email scams (230KB PDF distributed across campus)
- Phishing alert - letter sent to emeritus and retired faculty and staff (325KB MS Word document)
- Phishing - answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
- 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.
- VPN Security - An overview of VPN security.
- Firewall - An overview of and FAQ about the Rice firewall.
Clean Access
- What is Clean Access & FAQs? - Description of Rice's new network security program and questions on how Clean Access will affect Rice computer users. .
- Setting up Clean Access - Detailed instructions of connecting to the new network with Clean Access
- Game Console Access - Setting up your gaming consoles to work through Clean Access
Backup
- Windows - Backing up your files on Windows.
- Mac OS X - Backing up your files on Mac OS X.
- Unix - IT-sponsored Unix systems are backed up each night. If necessary, a request may be submitted to helpdesk@rice.edu for a file restoration. Please include the appropriate date that we should use for the file restoration.
- Outage Alerts - View outage alerts as a screen saver for Mac OS X Tiger
Data Security
- Disposal - Policy about transferring ownership of Rice computing resources.
- Erasing Systems - Erasing data as per the security policy.
Identity Management at Rice
Malicious Software
- Malware Factsheet - What types of malicious software are out there?
- Windows Protection - Protecting yourself on a Windows PC.
- Mac and UNIX protection - Protecting yourself on a Mac or Unix system.
- Recognizing Fake Email - Tips on finding out what email is real and what is fake.
- Quarantining Process - The quarantining process that is followed if a computer is affected.
