This is for my Electronic Portfolio, this is not mine by the way.

1. Commission on Information and Communications Technology
Cyber SecurityCyber Security
iSchools 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 computer’s 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
1. Perform basic computer maintenance
– firewall, data encryption, regular update of security patches
– regularly run anti-virus and anti-spyware software
1. Don't open files from strangers/ unreliable sites
– E-mail and IM
– verify first
1. 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
4. learn how to protect yourself from adware/spyware
– Regularly run anti-spyware software
– read license agreements of freeware against attached
spyware
4. take precautions when you go wireless
– convenient but with security risks
4. password-protect your computer—and lock it
– as first line of defense
4. back up your work

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Safeguard your passwords!
• Guidelines from Learn the Net.com:
1.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.
2.Avoid using common words.
3.Passwords should be at least six
alphanumeric characters – meaning, combine
upper and lower case letters, numbers, and
symbols, e.g. 2fjm0x@Ic. NOTE: Passwords
are case-sensitive.

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Safeguard your passwords!
• Guidelines from Learn the Net.com:
4.Ideally, use a different password for each
service you register with. For sensitive
accounts, such as financial services, change
your passwords frequently.
5.Never ever disclose your password/s. Don’t
have your computer “remember your
password”.

17. Commission on Information and Communications Technology
www.us-cert.gov/cas/tips/ST04-001.html
(US-CERT: US Computer Emergency Readiness Team)
www.microsoft.com/athome/security/children/backtoschool.mspx
www,learnthenet.com