Social Security Remediation

Purdue University Calumet has implemented tools for Social Security Number Remediation. Faculty and staff members may use the procedures linked through the TIPS FOR FACULTY & STAFF page to help keep their Social Security Number safe.
Click here for SSN Remediation info!

Tips for faculty and staff

Purdue University Calumet faculty and staff can use these tips to help create a safe and secure computing environment in their area, in which data is kept secure. If you follow these tips you can help protect yourself and your computer. Also, you will learn how you can secure your office.   Faculty and Staff Tips

Tips for Students

Purdue University Calumet students can use these tips to help them keep their laptops safe and to help them keep their class work safe. Also, students will learn what they can do in public labs on campus to stay secure.   Student Tips

Resource Access

There are many different resources that are available to faculty, staff and students on campus. To learn about these resources and how you can obtain access to them follow the link.   Resource Access

Have you received a suspicious e-mail?

If you believe that you have received an email that contains a virus or is suspicious, please forward it to abuse@calumet.purdue.edu immediately. E-mails send to this address are checked regularly, and early detection of any e-mail virus outbreak could be crucial to stopping the threat before it becomes a threat to the campus.

Challenge Question Implementation has arrived!

You can set up security questions so you can get your passwords changed over the phone! Click Here to sign up!

Lock workstation when you leave. WindowKey+L will lock the workstation. Also, hitting Ctrl+Alt+Del and hitting enter will also
lock it.

Set a time of 5 minutes or less for your screensaver and have it password protect upon resuming.

If your workstation is in an area that is publicly accessible, TURN IT OFF when you are done using it.
This serves two purposes: first, it keeps people on campus out of your files and system. Second, it prevents anything from being run that might try to open up your system to the Internet (which the computers are always hooked up to when on here on campus).

Don't leave papers with sensitive data out.

Keep all drawers and cabinets locked. Do not keep any sensitive materials in drawers or cabinets that can not lock.

Never write your password down. Under the keyboard or on the back of the monitor is not a safe place to keep your password
on a sticky-note. Use passwords that are difficult, but that have meaning to you. (see the Passwords page for more information).

Never give out sensitive information over the telephone. CTIS, or any other department at PUC, will never ask you for your
password over the phone. Be alert for anyone asking for this information on the telephone.

Be aware that anyone may be listening in when you are talking on the phone. Try to avoid talking about topics you wish to be
private on the telephone.

Never give out your Social Security Number unless you know EXACTLY who you are giving it to and what they are going to use it for.

Purdue University Calumet has instituted the use of SSN remediation tools. To learn how you can use these tools to help protect yourself, click on the following link:

Identity Finder