As recent cases have shown, careless handling of access data can have far-reaching consequences, up to entire universities going offline for several weeks, causing damages in the millions.
Before you enter your BOKU access data on a site, you should therefore always pay attention to the following points:
- Is it really a server of the domain boku.ac.at?
- Is the connection encrypted (https protocol instead of http, closed lock symbol in the in the address bar)?
- Does clicking on the lock symbol indicate that the certificate was issued for the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna?
The animated graphic illustrates the points you should pay attention to:
