Protect your computer, personal data, and files:

• Get free antivirus software: www.purdue.edu/SecurePurdue.
• Use ITaP’s virtual private network (VPN) service for securely accessing Purdue network connections from home or when traveling: www.itap.purdue.edu/connections/vpn.
• Create a stronger password: www.purdue.edu/securePurdue/bestpractices/passtips.cfm.
• Reset your Purdue career account password as often as you like, even if you have forgotten your password, by setting up personal challenge questions in advance: www.purdue.edu/apps/account/SSPasswordResetOptions.

Information prepared by ITaP Communications (Sept. 2007). Direct comments to Jennifer Kapp, jkapp@purdue.edu.