ITS Help Desk
Articles and Announcements
8/18/2008 - How to Backup Your Personal Data
We are all only one computer virus, hardware failure, or user error away from potentially losing our important digital information, such as school work, pictures, music, etc. To reduce that risk, the ITS Help Desk encourages everyone to backup their personal data often. This can save you a lot of time and frustration if your computer has a major failure or has an issue that requires it to be reformatted. There are several methods for backing up your personal data. The Help Desk Personal Data Backup Support Center has more information on some of these options.
8/7/2008 - Travel Security Checklist Now Available
The start of the new academic year has arrived, and with the start of the semester brings the possibility of people in various departments on campus leaving on University related business (e.g. conferences/workshops). An emerging risk is the loss and/or theft of mobile devices, more so if the device contains University-owned data. What would you do if you lost your mobile device en route to a conference? In a bid to assist University travelers, the IT Security Office has put together a list of suggested security checks you should consider before you leave on your trip.
See http://cio.uiowa.edu/ITSecurity/bestprac/travelchkls.shtml for details.