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What You Need to Know About Your Personal Information

What You Need to Know About Your Personal Information. Agenda. Introductions What is Personal Information? How is Personal Information Compromised? How is My Personal Information Used Legally? What Are the Risks to My Personal Information? How Will I Protect Myself?

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What You Need to Know About Your Personal Information

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  1. What You Need to Know About Your Personal Information

  2. Agenda Introductions What is Personal Information? How is Personal Information Compromised? How is My Personal Information Used Legally? What Are the Risks to My Personal Information? How Will I Protect Myself? Education/Career Opportunities Resources

  3. Introductions Presenters: Mrs. Salazar Ms. Trent UNM Anderson Schools of Management Information Assurance program Instructor: Mr. Alex Seazzu, Director of UNM's CIARE Why We are Here Graduate students are presenting to elementary, middle, and high school students. The goals of these presentations are to: Educate students on the risks of posting personal information. Raise awareness on personal information and identity protection.

  4. What is Personal Information? Date of Birth Social Security Number Passwords, PIN Numbers Answers to Security Questions (mother’s maiden name, pet’s name, city of birth, etc.) Bank Information Credit Information Driver’s License Number

  5. Video 1 Shoulder Surfing

  6. How Is Personal Information Compromised? By… Sharing Information with Others Leaving Computers Unattended Throwing Away Sensitive Information (dumpster diving) Vulnerability to Social Engineering Lack of Attention to Shoulder Surfing Irresponsible Posting on Social Networking Sites Exposure to Hacking Opening Email/Sites with Malware, Phishing Links

  7. PleaseRobMe.com Location Sharing + Casual Social Networking = Weakness

  8. How Is Personal Information Compromised?

  9. Video 2 Kids' ID Theft: Growing Problem

  10. How is My Personal Information Used Legally? Job Application College Application Doctors’ Offices Bank Account Application Applications for Credit Cards, Car Loans, Mortgages

  11. What are the Risks to My Personal Information? Identity Theft Can Lead To Lost Job Opportunities Inability to Open a Bank Account Inability to Obtain a Credit Card Lower Credit Score Think of this: Once your information is compromised, it’s like trying to put toothpaste back into the tube!

  12. How Will I Protect Myself? I Will… Know what my personal information is. Think about where my information is. Limit what information I give out. Once you give out information or post it online, you can’t get it back! Always ask “Why?” Why do you need that information? What are you planning to do with it? What steps will you take to safeguard it? To whom do you intend to sell it?

  13. How Will I Protect Myself? I Will: • Think about how I secure my information, my passwords, etc. • Be careful when visiting websites. • Be aware of my surroundings. • Talk to my parents about getting a free credit report. • Shred! Shred! Shred!

  14. Education/Career Opportunities UNM Anderson Schools of Management Information Security Professionals Law Enforcement Business Professions Such as Accounting, Auditing, etc.

  15. Resources http://consumer.gov/ncpw/category/identity-theft-privacy/ http://www.idtheftcenter.org/artman2/publish/v_fact_sheets/Fact_Sheet_120.shtml http://www.onguardonline.gov/pdf/tec04.pdf http://ia.unm.edu http://ia.unm.edu/outreach.asp http://www.idtheftcenter.org/artman2/publish/teen/index.shtml

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