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Securing Your

DevicesRYAN FRIED

2013 Maricopa County College

Hack

2013

10 colleges

Social Security and Bank Information- 2 million people

Current/former students

Vendors

Staff

Total Cost?

http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix

/2014/12/17/costs-repair-massive-mcccd-computer-

hack-top-million/20539491/

26 million!

$9.3 million- 2 law firms

$7.5 million- cyber security consulting

$7 million- credit monitoring

$2.2 million- records management, public relations, photocopying

http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix

/2014/12/17/costs-repair-massive-mcccd-computer-

hack-top-million/20539491/

Cause?

January 2011- Initial Hack

Under reported

Nothing done

April 2013- FBI calls

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kyle-mccarthy/five-

colleges-with-data-b_b_6474800.html

What Can You Do Today????

Update Your Computer and Phone

Set it to auto-update

https://www.pinterest.com/giegud/old-photos/

Passwords

2 Factor Authentication- Banking, E-mail, Social Media

https://twofactorauth.org/

More than one password

Lock Screen

Passphrase

Strength

http://www.passwordmeter.com/

Official App Downloads

Use the official app store!

Don’t Overshare!

Oversharing

Date of birth

Announcing vacations

Sharing hate messages

Posting your home phone number or address

Posting about your financial situation

Posting personal information or pictures about your friends and

family

So What?

Reputation

Robbery

Phishing E-mail

Security Questions

Employers

How to Avoid Being a Phising

Victim

Location Services Off

Don’t Use Public WiFi

Backup Your Device

Backup Your Device

6 Things You Can Do Today

Turn on 2 Factor Authentication for E-mail and Banking

Create different passwords for e-mail, banking, social media

accounts

Clean up Facebook account

Back up your Device (and do it monthly)

Update your computer/phone

Turn Location Services off on your phone for most apps