September is National Campus Safety Awareness Month, and October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month

We are currently in September, which is National Campus Safety Awareness month. The main goal of NCSA month is to create awareness on campus about how to make sure that its students, faculty, and staff exist in a safe environment. NCSA month emphasizes that the best way to create awareness for campus safety is through collaboration; between the different campus populations of faculty, staff, and students. For more information, please visit www.ncsam.org. October is upcoming, which is National Cyber Security Awareness month. One main element that is being emphasized by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) this year is that file-sharing can be dangerous. For example, when you are connected to file-sharing programs (e.g. sharing music, games, or software) you may unknowingly allow others to copy private files; even give them access to private folders. File-sharing can be an excellent method for viruses to infect your computer. This information and more about file-sharing is contained on table tents and post cards that will be deployed around campus. For more about cyber security, please visit UNC’s cyber security website.