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Cornell is like a small city. People work, study, live, and play here. We have our own transportation, dining, administration, residence halls, and offices. As a result, there is a wide variety of university data, which you may access or use for your work or in your day-to-day life at Cornell. Some…
Even if you practice perfect data hygiene and keep your computers clean of confidential data, viruses can still steal data while you are using it. You must also practice safe web browsing and keep your computer software up to date to minimize the chances of viruses being downloaded to your…
Many public computers have software installed to automatically clear browser cookies, cache, and history. Look for the Deep Freeze icon (polar bear) in the System Tray or Task Bar.
When sensitive data isn't managed appropriately, it poses many risks to Cornell. By law, possible loss to certain types of data requires Cornell to report to government agencies and notify potentially affected individuals. Responding to data losses (even possible losses) can easily consume…
Open CrashPlan.Click Restore Files, then select the desired device archive from the list that appears. 
Open CrashPlan.Click Restore Files, then select the desired device archive from the list that appears. 
View Files in your CrashPlan ArchiveOpen CrashPlan.Click Restore Files, then select the desired device archive from the list that appears.
CrashPlan is part of the Certified Desktop suite of security tools. It provides secure, real-time backup, archiving, and versioning of files for Cornell computers and can generally be found on university-managed computers.
Do not attempt to install CrashPlan unless you have been notified by your local IT Service Group that it is being deployed in your unit or department.Installation and use of CrashPlan requires Cornell Two-Step Login.
Cornell University will provide a University-paid subscription to Adobe Acrobat Pro for any University employee who requires it to perform their University job duties. CIT pays Adobe an annual fee on a per-user basis for this access. At this time, this fee is not passed back to the individual or…
What are the differences between Box Edit, Box Sync, and Box Drive?
Do not attempt to install CrashPlan unless you have been notified by your local IT Service Group that it is being deployed in your unit or department.Your system will need to restart during this procedure. Before you begin, please save your work and close all open applications.
Occasionally, when you try to sign in to the LastPass browser extension, the process will not complete, usually failing before you are asked to provide your two-factor authentication. You are left at a mostly blank (white) LastPass browser page and the LastPass icon in the browser toolbar…
Multiple Files can be restored using the CrashPlan archives.
Short answer: No, you don't need to do anything.Once CrashPlan is installed on your device, your backups will run automatically, in real-time, without intervention.The CrashPlan app allows you to view your backed-up files and folders and to restore anything you need. 
With the rising value of cryptocurrency (Bitcoin, Ethereum, Monero, etc.) and its broad coverage in the media, there has been a rise in Cornell-owned computers being tapped, usually through phishing attacks, to process cryptocurrency.What happens is that malicious software--malware--is introduced…
The WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) checklist offers testing strategies and a documentation template for WCAG AA conformance. It is developed and maintained by the Custom Web Development team, and is their interpretation of the WCAG guidelines and success criteria.
If someone forwards to you a link for a Zoom meeting, it’s possible you will see this error message when you try to use the link: This will only happen when
Sometimes we get reports that an email sent from @cornell.edu addresses to external addresses (or forwarded from a Cornell address to an external address) is being rejected or having delivery refused. At various times, this has happened when sending to Spectrum/Time Warner, to AOL, and to other…

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