This section describes some of the essential steps you should take to protect your computer and your data, if you are planning to connect to a network.
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This is essential and it won't cost you anything! All students and staff of the university are entitled to use the University's anti-virus software on one of their own personal computers. To find out how, see Anti-virus software at Brighton
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If you are connecting to a network it is essential that you keep your operating system up-to-date and have the latest security patches installed.
If you don't, you risk allowing other people access to your data.
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Use a Firewall on your computer. This well help to ensure that unauthorised people, or computers, can't access your computer over the internet, or through a network. If you don't have your own one, use the ones provided with the operating system as described below:
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We do not recommend using wireless networks for financial transactions, or for exchanging personal information.
You should not use wireless networks to connect to the university's central administrative systems (eFin, SITS etc)
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