Good Practices
One of the best ways to protect your information is to make sure that your computer is not vulnerable to attack from the outside. Here are some steps you can take for setting up and maintaining a secure system:
Passwords and Passphrases
An easy step to keeping your information secure is keeping complex but easy-to-remember passwords. Get tips at Passwords and Passphrases.
The password manager Dashlane is available at no charge to faculty, staff and students while at Stanford.
Cardinal Key is a new service to reduce or eliminate the need to type in your SUNet ID and password repeatedly for web-based logins.
International Travel and Security
Whether you're traveling for business or pleasure, you should bring your good security habits with you. Here are some tips to maintain information security while traveling internationally.
Questions?
If you have any questions about connecting securely, please don’t hesitate to contact TDS at tdshelp.stanford.edu or 650-725-8000 (M-F, 7a-6p).
Pick Up These Good Security Habits
Emailing and Sending Information
- Don't click on suspicious email
- To encrypt email messages, use secureemail
- To securely share large files, use Stanford Medicine Box
Common-sense Every Day Security Habits
- Use good passwords and keep them safe
- Never give up your credentials over the phone or by email
- Ensure your workspace is physically secure
- Back up your computer every day
- Use a supported operating system
- Keep your patches up to date
- Use anti-malware applications
- Use a product like Deep Freeze to secure kiosk, classroom, or library computers to ensure that the computer is restored to original state regularly, and any user data that may have been left on it will be removed.
- Use a shredder to dispose of sensitive paper documents
- Securely dispose of computer and storage devices