Top Ten Tips to Shockproof Your Use of Social Media 2012

TEN TIPS TOSHOCKPROOFING YOURUSE OF SOCIAL MEDIA2012BEN WOELKPOLICY AND AWARENESS ANALYSTROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

INTRODUCTION 2

AWARENESS ISTHE KEYEveryone is a targetOrganized crimefundsthe attacks

TIP # 1 STRONGPASSWORDS/PASSPHRASESLength > complexityIt was a dark and stormy night becomesItwasaDark215andStormyNight 4

PASSWORD SAFES 5

TIP # 2 KEEP UP TODATE! 6

TIP #3 USEPROTECTIONLayers of SecurityAnti-Virus ProtectionFirewallAnti-Spyware ProtectionDon’t overlook mobile devices! 7

TIP #4 RECOGNIZEPHISHING/SCAMS

PHISHING TIPS 9

TIP #5 USE SOCIAL NETWORKS SAFELY Don’t post schedules or whereaboutshttp://www.sileo.com/facebook-status-update-leads-to-robbery/ 10

PHISHING ON SOCIALNETWORK SITESDon’t post personalinformation 11

TIP #6 REMEMBERWHO ELSE IS THERE• Employers• Identity Thieves• Online Predators 12

WHAT YOU POST CANBE USED TO… • Judge • Impersonate • Monitor Don’t post inappropriate photos 13

TIP #7 BE WARY OFOTHERS Is this really your friend? 14

TIP #8 SEARCH FORYOUR NAMEUse Google DashboardSet up an alert 15

TIP #9 GUARD YOURPERSONALINFORMATION! Watch out for Facebook Applications! 16

TIP #10: DON’TASSUME PRIVACYDo you care if Facebook captures whereyou’ve been? 17

DON’T ROLL THE DICEWITH ONLINE PRIVACYUse Privacy Settings! 18

THE FIRST LINE OFDEFENSEStay alert—you will be the first to know ifsomething goes wrong

PRACTICE DIGITALSELF DEFENSEInfosec Communicator blog@benwoelk@RIT_Infosec 20

by Ben Woelk on May 23, 2012