Would you leave a post-it with your pin number on your cash card?

Would you leave your cash card in the automatic teller machine?

Would you leave your key in the ignition of your unlocked car

Security plays a big part in more and more of our daily routines. Especially since we are more than ever before involved in the electronic world. Therefore, practice good security to help ensure that your personal information is protected from unauthorized access or modification.

Access to the WCCNet environment includes access to basic network functions, internet and e-mail, administrative systems and your personal files. All of these systems require passwords. These passwords protect you from unauthorized attempts to use your system privileges. Although you are using a single PC to access all these computer functions, each service is guarded by a separate and distinct password.

Important Points for Safe Computing

• Never let anyone else use your Network ID.
• Never tell anyone your password.
• If someone figures out your password, change it immediately.
• Change your password when prompted.

Your password protects our institutional resources. Before you can use these resources you will be asked for your password. Once connected with a valid password, WCCNet can track the transactions attempted/completed during each user login session. Each user is responsible for the network transactions or activities done during the time that their account is being used. When you have finished using your computer for the day, remember to logout.

Helpful Guidelines for Choosing Your Password

• Make your password eight to twenty characters long. The longer your password is, the more secure it is.
• Don't use a recognizable word.
• Don' use anything associated with your name, nickname, job, address, birthday, relatives, or hobbies, or any other information that's easy to find out about you.
• Use mnemonic (easy to remember) devices to create your password. Your password might be the first letter of each word in your favorite song's title, with a meaningful number mixed. For example, the password SB97H is based on "Spring Break 97 Hawaii". This type of password is more difficult to break, but easy to remember.
• Passwords should NEVER be written down or posted!