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The Secure Communicator
Protect Yourself and Your Client
Ben Woelk, CISSP
Program Manager
Information Security Office
Rochester Institute of Technology

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Why Worry?
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Overview
• Threat Landscape
• Solutions
• Cool Tools
• Q&A
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4.
THREAT
LANDSCAPE
2015
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What’sStolen?
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Value?
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Social Media
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Mobile
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Ransomware
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Solutions
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Protecting
Your
Computer
• Anti-virus
• Firewalls
• Patching
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13.
Protecting
Your
Reputation
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14.
Protecting
Your
Information
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Protecting
Your
Identity
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Passwords
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Passphrase
It was a dark and
stormy night
becomes
ItwasaDark215&StormyNight
Length > complexity
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Cool Tools
• Password Safes
• Google Dashboard
• Browser Plugins
– Netcraft
– McAfee Site Advisor
• Secunia PSI
• Mobile Security Apps
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Password Safes
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Google Dashboard
Monitor
use of
your
name
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Browser Plugins
– Netcraft
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– McAfee Site Advisor
Browser Plugins
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SecuniaPSI
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Mobile Security Apps
• 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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25.
Resources
• Goodreads Cyber Security Library
https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=cyber+secur
ity+library
• Infosec Communicator Blog
benwoelk.com
• Shockproofing Your Use of Social
Media eBook (free 6/21–6/25)
http://amzn.com/B00OJMK4T2
• ISTR20 Internet Security Threat Report, April
2015, Symantec
http://www.symantec.com/security_response/publications/th
reatreport.jsp
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26.
Questions (and maybe some
answers)
Ben Woelk
Ben.woelk@gmail.com
Benwoelk.com
@benwoelk
www.linkedin.com/in/benwoelk/
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