{"id":645,"date":"2023-07-12T16:03:44","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T23:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/online.wsu.edu\/techready\/?page_id=645"},"modified":"2024-06-06T11:05:54","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T18:05:54","slug":"computer-security","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/online.wsu.edu\/techready\/computer-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Computer Security"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"wsu-article-header \">\r\n\t<h1 class=\"wsu-article-header__title\">\r\n\t\tComputer Security\t<\/h1>\r\n\t\t<\/header>\r\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Protect Your Computer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The following are some recommendations for creating your own technology backup plan, to protect yourself from technology failure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Keep your computer secure: <a href=\"https:\/\/its.wsu.edu\/information-security-services\/policies-standards-and-guidelines\/\">Information Security Guidelines<\/a> <ul><li>Be sure to install both antivirus and anti-spyware software.<\/li><li>Protect yourself against Malware. Review the information on the <a href=\"https:\/\/its.wsu.edu\/information-security-services\/security-spam-phishing-and-malware\/\">Spam, Phishing, and Malware page<\/a> on WSU&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/its.wsu.edu\/information-security\/\">Information Security site<\/a> so you\u2019ll know how to recognize malware symptoms. <\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Create a folder on your computer for each online course you are taking. Keep all work associated with that course, including copies of your discussion posts, in the folder.<\/li><li>Back up your work (including submitted assignments, discussion posts, group documents, etc.) externally to your computer using cloud storage, such as One Drive, Dropbox, Google Documents, or a USB\/flash drive.<\/li><li>Identify a back-up computer you can use should yours go down.<\/li><li>Identify a \u201cbuddy\u201d who can let you know what you may be missing online.<\/li><li>Keep all contact information for your instructor in an easily accessible place.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/online.wsu.edu\/techready\/tech-tool-resources\/wsu-email\/\">Be Alert for Suspicious Emails and Phishing Scams<\/a><\/li><li>Keep Global Campus Tech Support information external to your computer: <ul><li>Phone: 509-335-4320 or 800-222-4978<\/li><li>Email: <a href=\"mailto:wsuonline.support@wsu.edu\">wsuonline.support@wsu.edu<\/a><\/li><li>Web: <a href=\"https:\/\/online.wsu.edu\/techready\/tech-support\/\">online.wsu.edu\/techhelp<\/a> (shortcut to this page) <\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/edu.gcfglobal.org\/en\/techsavvy\/backing-up-your-files\/1\/\">Tech Savvy Tips and Tricks: Backing Up Your Files<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/edu.gcfglobal.org\/en\/computerbasics\/bringing-your-files-with-you\/1\/\">Bringing Your Files with You<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/edu.gcfglobal.org\/en\/computerbasics\/protecting-your-computer\/1\/\">Protecting Your Computer<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Protect Your Computer The following are some recommendations for creating your own technology backup plan, to protect yourself from technology failure. Keep your computer secure: Information Security Guidelines Be sure to install both antivirus and anti-spyware software. Protect yourself against Malware. Review the information on the Spam, Phishing, and Malware page on WSU&#8217;s Information Security [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8435,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/online.wsu.edu\/techready\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/645"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/online.wsu.edu\/techready\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/online.wsu.edu\/techready\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/online.wsu.edu\/techready\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8435"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/online.wsu.edu\/techready\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=645"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/online.wsu.edu\/techready\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":675,"href":"https:\/\/online.wsu.edu\/techready\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/645\/revisions\/675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/online.wsu.edu\/techready\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/online.wsu.edu\/techready\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=645"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/online.wsu.edu\/techready\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}