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IT Security Tools and Tips

This section provides tool and tips to help you maintain security for your computer hardware and software, and to protect the privacy of the data on your computer.

• Security Shorts (Documentation to help computer users perform just a few easy steps to enhance their computer's security)
• Privacy Matters (Tips for protecting private personal information -- both our own information and information in U-M data resources)
• Tools for Discovering Credit Card and Social Security Numbers in Computer File Systems (pdf version)
• Windows Vista Presentation - BitLocker Drive Encryption
• Security Considerations of Google Desktop
• Run as User (Why you should not log in as admin and how to quit today!)
• Security Considerations of NAT (Network Address Translation)
• Browser Security Settings
• Personal Computer Security (Tips for Home, School, Labs, and More)
  • ResComp Inoculation Station (Students in UHousing can patch their operating systems, install anti-virus software, and more during move-in.)
• Removing Data From a Hard Drive (tools for cleaning hard drives before discarding or selling)
• ITSS Public Key
• Beware of Spyware and Adware