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