the secure communicator: best practices for surviving heartbleed and other threats

The Secure CommunicatorBest Practices for Surviving Heartbleed and Other Threats

Ben Woelk

Program Manager, Information Security Office

Rochester Institute of Technology

Director and Community Affairs Committee Chair

Society for Technical Communication

Ben.woelk@gmail.com

Benwoelk.com

@benwoelk

Author of Shockproofing Your Use of Social Media, available on Amazon.

Why Worry?

Threat Landscape

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Threat Landscape

Threat Landscape

Threat Landscape

Threat Landscape

Adopting a Security Mindset

Inside the Twisted Mind of the Security Professionalhttp://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 Library• https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=cyber+security+library

• Infosec Communicator Blogbenwoelk.com

• Shockproofing Your Use of Social Media eBook

Questions (and Maybe Some Answers)

Ben Woelk

Ben.woelk@gmail.com

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@benwoelk

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