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!

Download and run an adware or spyware removal program. Links to a number of popular removal and protection programs are
included below.

Set Internet Explorer (IE) browser settings to appropriate security levels and disable or prompt for access for ActiveX and other
dangerous content. Consider using alternate browsers such as Mozilla, Netscape, Opera, or Safari (MacOS).

Do not download suspicious programs, and check programs before you install them. Websites that pop up messages asking you
to download software should not be trusted unless you know what that software is or unless you requested it. Often, choosing
the "advanced" or "custom" install for software will allow you to de-select components and you can remove adware and spyware from the installation process.

Anti-spyware programs can combat spyware in two ways:

1. Real-time protection, which prevents the installation of spyware.

2. Detection and removal of spyware.

These programs inspect the contents of the Windows registry, the operating system files, and installed programs, and remove
files and entries which match a list of known spyware components.

Real-time protection from spyware works identically to real-time anti-virus protection: the software scans incoming network
data and disk files at download time, and blocks the activity of components known to represent spyware.