Defending yourself from the internet

Defending Yourself From The InternetPeter Kellner At Kendal

Peter Kellner’s BIO
Son Of Eileen Kellner
Brother Of Patty Kellner
Went To Lots Of Schools
Had Lots of Jobs
Made Plenty Of Mistakes
Learned Lots Of Things
(Blog at http://peterkellner.net a lot)

The Plan For Tonight
Strategies for Using the Internet Safely
I Will Talk About 5 Scenarios
Get Your Scenarios
Open Discussion, Lots of Participation

Two Strategies
The Mickey Strategy
All Other Options

The Mickey Strategy
AKA Sand Strategy
Total Aversion

Why Worry?
Hacking Started in 1971 With Crackerjack Whistle (2600Mhz)
Resulted in 5 Years Probation and the start of a new Era

No Silver Bullets
Best we can do is lower our risk (unless use Mickey strategy)
Worth the Risk? You decide (I’ve decided Yes)
Target Rich Environment. Don’t make yourself a Target!!! (Bike / Dog analogy)

Weapons
Knowledge
Passwords (examples of good ones)
(bad ones)
Why? – Computer Very fast at guessing
* http://www.grossepointenews.com/Articles-i-2008-03-13-214830.112112_Defend_yourself_on_the_Internet.html

Big Guns / Virus Checking
How to Choose (Big ones Only)
Norton
Symantec
WebRoot
McAfee
More At: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_antivirus_software

Scenarios
Social Networks (Twitter and Facebook)
Reading Email
Browsing the Internet (Not Financial)
Buying Things On the Internet
Doing Banking
Responding to Emails

Social Networks
Privacy
Sharing
Twitter
Facebook
Spending Money? (probably not)

Email
On the Web?
Downloading Pictures
Keeping your Computer Up to date
Post Card Analogy (not letter with envelope)

Browsing The Internet
Inputting Passwords (where?)
Where Did you Go?
Google Incognito Mode (still followed)
Cookie Tracking
Post Card Analogy

Buying Things On The Internet
The LOCK symbol
What Computer To Use (only yours)
Never From Public Computer (library, café, etc.)
Public/Private Key / SSL
PayPal Offsite versus on site
PCI Compliance / Certifications

Internet Banking
Be Very Careful
Never give out passwords
Use “Special” Password
Never from Public Computers
Never Respond to Email Warnings
Change Your Password Every so Often

Open Discussions
Free For All

Defending yourself from the internet

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