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• Set your computer to auto-lock after a set amount of inactivity.
  • http://www.it.cornell.edu/security/howto/screenlockhowwin.cfm
  • http://www.it.cornell.edu/security/howto/screenlockhowmac.cfm
  • http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13943
• Lock your computer when you leave it by pressing the Windows key and the "L" key (Windows)

Note 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 (pg.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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