The Secure Communicator

Protect Yourself and Your Client

Ben Woelk, CISSP

Program Manager, Information Security Office

Rochester Institute of Technology

Director and Community Affairs Committee Chair

Society for Technical Communication

2015

Why Worry?

Threat Landscape

http://www.symantec.com/content/en/us/enterprise/images/security_response/

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Threat Landscape

Threat Landscape

Threat Landscape

Threat Landscape

Adopting a Security Mindset

Inside the Twisted Mind of the Security Professional

http://www.schneier.com/essay-210.html

About that mindset…

The

Basics

• Anti-virus

• Anti-spyware

• Firewalls

• Patching

Protecting

Your

Information

Protecting

Your

Identity

Protecting

Your

Reputation

Passwords

Passphrase

It was a dark and

stormy night

becomes

ItwasaDark215&StormyNight

Length > complexity

Cool Tools

• Google Dashboard

• Browser Plugins

– Netcraft

– McAfee Site Advisor

– Web of Trust (WoT)

• Secunia PSI

• Password Safes

Resources

• Goodreads Cyber Security Libraryhttps://www.goodreads.com/search?q=cyber+security+li

brary

• Infosec Communicator Blogbenwoelk.com

• Shockproofing Your Use of Social Media

eBookhttp://amzn.com/B00OJMK4T2

(free 3/28-4/1)

Questions (and Maybe Some

Answers)

Ben Woelk

Ben.woelk@gmail.com

Benwoelk.com

@benwoelk

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