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- Set your computer to auto-lock after a set amount of inactivity.
- Lock your computer when you leave it by pressing the Windows key and the "L" key (Windows)
Cornell's IT Security Policy 5.10 (p.16), within the "Baseline Requirements for All Computers" section, states:
- 5. For any computer system that is not in a secure, private space, run a password-protected screen saver, or some other console-locking mechanism, that is triggered after fifteen minutes (or less) of inactivity.
NoteNote 1: ChemIT/ PhysIT can assist you with setting your computer to auto-lock. (At some point, we would like to offer this as a default setting on Admin systems, invoking the screensaver lock after, say, 15 minutes, with preference managed for both a Windows and MacOS computers.)Note 2: Cornell's IT Security Policy (p.16) recommends, "For any computer system that is not in a secure, private space, run a password-protected screen saver, or some other console-locking mechanism, that is triggered after fifteen minutes (or less) of inactivity."
Recommendation for leaving your computer for the night
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