Always, always log off

Students : always, always log off.

always log off

This is a very important rule to follow, students should always log off or sign out of the workstations they have been working on. By doing so, they would be sure that nobody else will delete files from their network drive or browse inappropriate internet sites using their credentials.

Also, when a student leaves a workstations and they are still logged on, it uses resources from the computer making it slower,  and sometimes locking the computer so it has to be forced to shutdown for other user to log in.

Our user credentials leave a footprint in all that is done on our network and internet too. User credentials is in a way a signature, so it must be treated like that too.

So my tip is : LOG OFF

It takes some of your time to log back in but I assure you it is worth it!

How many user accounts and passwords??? say what?

It is 21st century and yes it is important to learn and be able to handle several user accounts and passwords.
 
I myself have so many user different accounts and passwords that i have a app installed in my iPad to administrate and keep a record of all of them. And the punch line is that to enter that app i need to type a pin number for security !!!

That is how many users would feel. What a person has to do in the name of security.

I know people that use the same username and password for everything, yes EVERYTHING, like tv commercial and it is not a good practice at all. It is all about controlling a risk. There are some places like bank accounts, etc, that I put more complicated passwords and try to change them every so often. In some cases i have no other option but to do it.

My recommendation would be to use a different email or account name for your financial matters and another one for play (facebook, linked in, twitter etc).

So that's all for today, hope you find this tip useful.

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