This document provides 8 tips for improving Facebook security: 1) Use SSL to encrypt connections, 2) Choose strong passwords and change them often, 3) Monitor login locations using login alerts, 4) Limit who can post on your wall to friends only, 5) Remove posts from your wall after 48 hours to avoid oversharing, 6) Be careful of tags that could embarrass you or get you fired, 7) Hide contact information from public view, and 8) Contact the author with any other questions. The document emphasizes that if your Facebook is hacked, law enforcement and Facebook will likely not help unless money was stolen or a serious crime committed.

1. Facebook Security #SMCMIDMO2.19.11

2. About Me Jerry Gamblin Network Security Specialist Missouri House of Representatives Jerry.Gamblin@gmail.com @jgamblin www.facebook.com/jgamblin

3. What Could Happen?

4. This….

5. This…

6. Or Yes Even This…

7. Who Cares Your Facebook Was Hacked?

8. NO ONE! No one in Law Enforcement.* No one at Facebook.* No one at your ISP.* *Unless money was actually stolen or another more serious crime was committed.

9. Top 8 Facebook Security Tips

10. USE SSL

11. USE SSL OH NO FIRE SHEEP!!!! You Should Turn On SSL

12. Use A Good Password

13. Pick the best password facebook fac3b00k! H6erKNc() I want to talk to my friends!

14. Use A Good Password Choose a long password. Pass Phrases are WAY BETTER. 16 Characters Or Better Please! Change it often. Facebook never has you change your password. Make it hard to guess. “You weren't hacked you were guessed.”

15. Monitor Your Logins

16. Monitor Logins Turn on Facebook Login Alerts.

17. Where to login?

18. Who Can Post on your wall?

19. Allow “Friends” to Post On Your Wall? You may consider limiting what you allow people to comment on or post on your wall at all.

20. White Wall-ing?

21. White Wall-ing I remove post after about 48 hours.

22. TAG Your it!

23. Stop Tag-barrassment

24. It Could Get Your Fired…

25. Contact Information

26. Hide Contact Information

27. Questions

28. Contact Info Jerry Gamblin Network Security Specialist Missouri House of Representatives Jerry.Gamblin@gmail.com @jgamblin www.facebook.com/jgamblin

29. Thank You!