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HR-PIN FAQ

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Overview

Starting February 27th, 2017, the University will require employees to use an HR – Personal Identification Number (HR–PIN) to access their personal employment data in CUBS HR. This change will provide greater protections of your sensitive employment records.

What are my next steps?

  • Check (and update if necessary) your mailing address on the ‘Addresses’ section of your profile on my.clemson.edu.
  • Watch for the USPS mailer that will be sent to your home address of record.
  • Your HR-PIN will be sent in a secure, sealed mailer.
  • Secure your HR-PIN like a password. Never provide it to anyone via email.
  • Your HR-PIN replaces the requirement of providing your birth date and zip code, and you will use it when prompted by CUBS HR.This is an additional step provided by a team of university experts who are implementing a series of strategic responses to cyber-attacks that have targeted schools throughout the United States.

FAQ

For added cyber security, your birthdate and zip code were replaced by a six-digit HR-PIN number. This number must remain secure, just like you would secure a password. Cybercriminals are getting more and more creative, and this is one measure among a series of measures that the University is undertaking to ensure the University and its faculty, staff and students remain secure.

If you have lost or forgotten your HR-PIN, call ITHELP@clemson.edu or (864) 656-3494. Members of the CCIT Support Center will verify your identity before they will give you your HR-PIN number.

If you have forgotten your HR-PIN, call the CCIT Support Center at (864) 656-3494. Members of the CCIT Support Center will verify your identity before they will give you your HR-PIN number.

Your HR-PIN will be mailed to you in a secured mailer via the US Postal Service.

No, your six-digit HR-PIN number is unique to you.

Hardcopies are available. Contact ASK-HR / 864-656-2000 and the Payroll Office will print you a hardcopy to pick up in the Administrative Services Building, 108 Perimeter Rd., Clemson, SC.

Cybercriminals are getting more and more creative, and changing to a secure HR-PIN instead of information about you that a cybercriminal can research is one measure among a series of measures that the University is undertaking to ensure the University and its faculty, staff and students remain secure.

HR-PIN FAQ