• Make sure your PC is protected from viruses.
• It should get regular system updates: always run updates when prompted, don't ignore them.
• Laptops need to be encrypted:
  • how to encrypt your personal Windows laptop for work use (Microsoft Support link)
  • how to encrypt your personal Mac laptop for work use (Mac support website)

If you connect your phone or tablet to University WiFi or email you need to protect that too: how to protect your phone or tablet.

To make sure your school/department complies with security policy and data protection law, use an IS managed service for University-owned PCs and laptops:

• Staff Managed Desktop service
• Staff Standard Laptop service

Your responsibilities:

• Add PCs and laptops to the UKC domain
• Install current anti-virus:
• PCs or laptops using Windows 10 or Windows 11 and added the the UKC domain will pick up central IT security policies and anti-virus (Microsoft Defender for Enterprise).
• Macs will need to be enrolled into Intune so that they will pick up central IT security policies and anti-virus (Microsoft Defender for Enterprise). Contact Us to arrange this.
  
• Make sure laptops are encrypted:
• University Windows laptops: set up Bitlocker encryption for the entire drive (Microsoft Support link)
• University Mac laptops: use FileVault to encrypt (Mac support link)

Find out all the ways you can get in touch: