Digital Self Defense
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DSD 101: Tips, Tools, and
Best Practices to Stay Safe Online
Ben Woelk
ISO Program Manager
[email protected]
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You’re a Target. Why?
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What are the Top Three Ways to
Protect Yourself?
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Top online safety practices?
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http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/2015/07/new-research-comparing-how-security.html
Protecting Your
Computer
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Anti-virus
Firewalls
Patching and updates
Passwords/passphrases
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https://www.rit.edu/security/content/desktopand-portable-computer-security-standard
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Update and Browser Tools
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Passwords/Passphrases
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http://xkcd.com/936/
https://www.rit.edu/security/content/password
How Strong is Your Password?
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https://www.grc.com/haystack.htm
Passphrases
It was a dark and
stormy night
becomes
ItwasaDark215&StormyNight
Length
> complexity
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Password Managers
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Two-Factor Authentication
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Two Factor Authentication
www.turnon2FA.com
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Mobile Devices,
Smartphones, Tablets
• Protection commensurate with risk of information accessed or
stored
• Storage of private information is prohibited
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https://www.rit.edu/security/content/desktop-HTMLStandard
Mobile Security Apps
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Lookout Security & Antivirus (Android, iOS)
Avast Mobile Security (Android)
Avast SecureMe (iOS)
Google Authenticator (Android, iOS)
Find My iPhone (iOS)
iVault (iOS)
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What about Physical Security?
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Protecting
your
identity
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Phishing
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Protecting Your
Information
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https://www.rit.edu/security/content/infor
mation-access-protection-standard
Never
assume
privacy
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Learn and set social network privacy settings
Privacy Settings
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Login Alerts
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Login Alerts
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Who’s
following
you?
Tagged photos on Instagram can be seen by?
Protecting
Your
Reputation
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Google My Account Dashboard
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Google Alerts
Monitor
use of
your
name
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Questions (and maybe some
answers)
Ben Woelk
[email protected]
[email protected]
http://rit.facebook.com/RITInfosec
http://twitter.com/RIT_InfoSec
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Resources
• RIT Information Security Standards
http://www.rit.edu/security
• Google Research on User vs Expert Practices
http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/2015/07/newresearch-comparing-how-security.html
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