Incorporate the following tips into your daily routine to ensure that any pc or LAN you use is secure

· Lock your pc with a power on password

· Lock your pc with a keyboard password when away from your desk

· Back up your work regularly

· Store and lock diskettes in a desk or cabinet

· Don’t write on diskettes

· Don’t’ use magnets around diskettes

· Don’t use commercial software or shareware at an Acme site without a proper license

· Check all files / downloads from electronic bulletin boards for viruses

· Report all computer viruses infections

· Logoff network servers before tuning off your pc

· Do not include passwords in LAN logon scripts

User security / password guidelines

· Do use at least (6) character passwords, using both letters and numbers whenever possible

· Do use high quality randomly constructed passwords

· Do change your password every 90 day’s

· Do report to management any known or suspected attempts by others to use your userid or  password

· Do follow normal log-off procedures prior to leaving a terminal unattended

· Don’t use obvious or easily guessed passwords (your name, names or family members, car model, hobby, favorite sports team, and other current months are poor passwords and should not be used

· Don’t post userid’s or passwords

· Don’t’ post telephone numbers used to access acme computers

· Don’t share your userid with others under any circumstances

· Don’t leave a terminal unattended during a session with an acme computer system

· Don’t perform sensitive / confidential work while being observed by un-authorized personal