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You may be aware of the heightened alerts for computer security measures from recent press reports. Hackers are using all sorts of sophisticated means in order to illegally gain access to computer systems, to capture electronic ID and passwords, to steal electronic data, and/or launch denial of ...

Microsoft Outlook is a versatile component of the Microsoft Office 2003 for users to manage personal information and to communicate with others. It helps you in managing your email messages, appointments, contacts, and tasks, as well as making reminders and tracking activities. In this article, we ...

What is it? The joint ERP Development Centre Project is funded by the UGC under the Restructuring and Collaboration Fund. It is a joint project of City University of Hong Kong (CityU), Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKIED) and Lingnan University (LU). Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) or simply ...

An Internet domain name (e.g., cityu.edu.hk) including all its sub-domain names under it (e.g., cs.cityu.edu.hk) resemble in many ways a trademark, a brand name, or a logo of a company. Thus, like the name of the University, domain names should be considered institutional assets whose use must be ...

Currently, University email service to a student or staff will be stopped when the student/staff leaves the University. For students properly graduated from the University, they will be provided with a set of alumni services which include free email. The email address is in the format of EID@alumni ...

Background The sophistication of IT crime increases as technology advances. Widespread of scams are rampaged through the popular use of the Internet and email. Among all IT crimes, they are dominated by phishing and identity theft activities [1]. Phishing is a high-tech scam that uses spam email or ...

The Information Services Strategic Plan 2005-2010 (ISSP) was approved by the Committee on Information Services and Technology (CIST), and then was formally endorsed by the Senate in May 2005. A retreat was held on July 20, 2005, to consider the implementation of the Plan. The retreat was attended by ...

CityU, together with Feng Chia University and National Chung Hsing University in Taiwan, spearheaded the launch of the “Super eBook Consortium” on 14 December 2005.

What is two-factor authentication? It means users, in addition to their password, need one of the following to log in a system or to access a network service: One form of tokens provided by the service provider (e.g., a key fob or a smart card) The output of one form of biometric scans on finger or ...

The Computing Services Centre (CSC) has been offering comprehensive IT support and services to faculty, staff and students especially in the lecture theatre (LT) and classroom environment. In particular, the CSC has worked with the Facilities Management Office (FMO) to provide a complete set of ...