Campus IT Plans are in the cloud

Higher education institutions are now spending about a quarter of their IT budgets on cloud technologies within five years, according to a new research study released at the end of May. While the majority of higher education institutions are using some form of cloud technology, most don’t seem to know it. http://bit.ly/lZ4lNK

Video and mobile are breaking the Internet

Internet usage is growing so rapidly that just its incremental, one-year growth between 2014 and 2015 will be equal to all the Internet traffic recorded worldwide last year.

Four years from now, the Internet's traffic volume will be so large that every five minutes it will be the equivalent of downloading every movie ever made. In 2015, monthly Internet traffic will reach the equivalent of 20 billion DVDs, 19 trillion MP3s or 500 quadrillion text messages. Read more at http://bit.ly/iiiYXX.

Are you a Mac user in need of an anti-virus? There are many options, at low-cost or no cost for your home computers, and standard anti-virus for NKU-owned devices. For more information, visit our website at http://it.nku.edu/itsecurity/antivirus.php.

Passwords are the first level of defense for keeping your systems and data safe. Here are some tips to remember:

• Use passwords that have phrases mixed with special characters or numbers.
• Don’t share or write your password on a sticky note.
• Change your password often, and don’t mix business and personal.

For more password tips, visit http://1.usa.gov/Mdb1T.