Cyber Security

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Cyber Security

• Project Team
• HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT GROUP

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Internet

• Positive venue where people get together to
  communicate, exchange information, entertain,
  transact business, and understand how the world
  operates.
• Negative playground of crooked individuals and
  ruthless firms who take advantage of the freedom
  it maintains as well as its many weaknesses.

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Privacy?

• E-mail is completely insecure.
• Each e-mail you send results in at least 3 or 4
  copies being stored on different computers.
• You can take measures to protect your e-mail.

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Cyber Security

• Unfortunately, there's no 100 guarantee that
  even with the best precautions some of these
  things won't happen to you, but there are steps
  you can take to minimize the chances.
• BE RESPONSIBLE CYBER-CITIZENS!
• BE CYBER-SMART!

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Cyber Security

• protecting digital information by preventing,
  detecting, and responding to attacks
• recognize the risks and become familiar with
  terminology associated with them

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Security Settings

• High, Medium, Low
• Trust sites vs. Restricted sites
• Internet LAN content
• Firewall
• Filters

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Malicious Individuals

• Hacker, attacker, or intruder
• exploit weaknesses in software and computer
  systems for their own gain
• intentions sometimes benign and motivated solely
  by curiosity
• actions typically in violation of the intended
  use of the systems they are exploiting

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Malware

• designed to wreak havoc on personal computers
  and networks by attaching to programs (hosts)
  and spreading from one program or storage device
  to another
• ranging from silly pranks to data destruction/
  theft

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Malware

• Virus attaches to various files and executes
  (infects the computer) when the host programs are
  run (or an email attachment is opened or a
  particular web page is visited)
• Worm propagates without user intervention via
  email, web sites, or network-based software,
  clogs the system via numerous reproductions
• Logic Bomb lies dormant until triggered by a
  certain event
• Trojan Horse unsuspicous delivery program of
  malware

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Spyware Key Logger

• Spyware (also called sneakware or stealthware) -
  software that comes hidden in free downloadable
  software
• tracks your online movements
• mines the information stored on your computer
• uses your computers CPU and storage, slows it
  down
• Key logger, or key trapper, software, -a program,
  when installed on a computer, records every
  keystroke and mouse click.

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Spyware

• record keystrokes and steal private information
  for advertisers, hackers, and cyberthieves
• Cookie - a small record deposited on your hard
  disk by a Web site containing information about
  you and your Web activities.
• Adware - software to generate ads that installs
  itself on your computer when you download some
  other (usually free ) program from the Web.
• Earthlink (ISP) study average computer harbors
  26 spyware programs

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Myths

• Anti-virus software and firewalls are 100
  effective.
• Once software is installed on your computer, you
  do not have to worry about it anymore.
• There is nothing important on your machine, so
  you do not need to protect it.
• Attackers only target people with money.
• When computers slow down, it means that they are
  old and should be replaced.

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Tips

• Perform basic computer maintenance
• firewall, data encryption, regular update of
  security patches
• regularly run anti-virus and anti-spyware
  software
• Don't open files from strangers/ unreliable sites
• E-mail and IM
• verify first
• Help fight spam and online scams
• use filters
• be wary of phishing
• check for secure pages (lock icon), server
  authentication, and message integrity
• review the privacy policies of websites before
  entering information

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Tips

• learn how to protect yourself from adware/spyware
• Regularly run anti-spyware software
• read license agreements of freeware against
  attached spyware
• take precautions when you go wireless
• convenient but with security risks
• password-protect your computerand lock it
• as first line of defense
• back up your work

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Safeguard your passwords!

• Guidelines from Learn the Net.com
• Although passwords should be easily remembered,
  do not use passwords that refer to easily
  obtainable personal information, such as your
  name, address, phone number, or birthday.
• Avoid using common words.
• Passwords should be at least six alphanumeric
  characters meaning, combine upper and lower
  case letters, numbers, and symbols, e.g.
  2fjm0x_at_Ic. NOTE Passwords are case-sensitive.

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Safeguard your passwords!

• Guidelines from Learn the Net.com
• Ideally, use a different password for each
  service you register with. For sensitive
  accounts, such as financial services, change your
  passwords frequently.
• Never ever disclose your password/s. Dont have
  your computer remember your password.

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• www.us-cert.gov/cas/tips/ST04-001.html
• (US-CERT US Computer Emergency Readiness Team)
• www.microsoft.com/athome/security/children/backtos
  chool.mspx
• www,learnthenet.com