Fairfax IT Day CyberSecurity and Social Media presentation. Chatting Cyberthreats, Reputation Management and Family Safety all in one! - RIVA Solutions
1. Social Media – Think Before You Post!
RIVA Solutions, Inc.
Naveen Krishnamurthy
October 23, 2015
CEO: Naveen Krishnamurthy I Email: naveen@rivasolutionsinc.com I Phone: 202.262.5358
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Agenda
• Intro
• #DigitalMediafails
• Social Media & Security Threats
• Social Media & Family
• Social Media & Reputation Management
• Best Practices / Common Sense
• Q & A
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#DigitalMediaFails
• US Airlines tweets inappropriate image in response to a customer compliant
• American Apparel’s Challenger disaster disaster
• Donald Trump fooled into tweeting picture of two serial killers
• The guy who emailed his boss for a 10k raise and copied his 200k co-workers
• RGIII blaming intern for liking a post on Instragram complaining when Cousins got
the starting nod over him
• Britt Mchenry (ESPN local reporter) suspended when video of rant against a tow
company employee goes viral
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Social Media & Security Threats
• Identity Theft
• Gender, DOB and email address is all it takes
• Password strength
• Accepting friends requests, tagging, past postings, search engines
• Computer/Social Media Hack
• Dropbox/iCloud
• Privacy/Security settings on accounts
• Phishing/Links
• Letting Cyber Stalkers profile you
• Address information
• Pet information, favorite football teams
• Letting criminals know your whereabouts
• GPS enabled phones and status updates
• Travel plans
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Social Media & Family
• Using your kids to get to you
• Dedicated devices
• Keep computer in a public space for younger children
• Limit late night use
• Discourage or disable downloads
• Parental control/monitoring software
• Educate and establish rules
• Social Media tsunami
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Social Media & Reputation Management
• Social Media – Entry point for viruses, malware, phishing, etc
• Mobility – Access to social media, email, cloud, phone, video, etc
• Cloud – Images, videos, documents hacked
• BYOD – Higher risk for employees to violate corporate policies
• A.I. – Bots and autonomous computing
• Lazy People – Letting other people use login credentials
• Competition – Stealing trade secrets
• Bad People – Prepare for the worse
• Brand Awareness – Google yourself
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Common Sense Media Top 10
1. Ask yourself if you would say it in real life
2. Are your posts vain and narcissistic
3. That’s TMI folks
4. Are you posting every detail of your life
5. Keep your relationship details to yourself
6. The Cryptic Cliffhanger
7. Are you posts all complaining
8. Curate your photos like a museum
9. Check your privacy settings
10. Post smart