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Security Awareness October 2005

Security Awareness October 2005. Information Security at DePaul. Who we are Information Services - Business Continuity and Security Group (BCS) Web Site security.depaul.edu Email Addresses for BCS team Bill Eaheart - weaheart@depaul.edu Arlene Yetnikoff – ayetniko@depaul.edu

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Security Awareness October 2005

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  1. Security AwarenessOctober 2005

  2. Information Security at DePaul • Who we are • Information Services - Business Continuity and Security Group (BCS) • Web Site • security.depaul.edu • Email Addresses for BCS team • Bill Eaheart - weaheart@depaul.edu • Arlene Yetnikoff – ayetniko@depaul.edu • Ed Gregory – egregory@depaul.edu • Cheryl Barkby - cbarkby@depaul.edu • Maybelline Davis - mdavis@depaul.edu • Reporting security incidents • security@depaul.edu • abuse@depaul.edu Security Awareness.

  3. Today’s Objectives • Provide practical information for protecting yourself online • Educate you in general guidelines for secure computing • Questions and Answers • Presentation available on: http://is.depaul.edu/security/information_security/presentations.asp Security Awareness.

  4. Presentations • Viruses and Spyware: Evil code “they” will try to get you to run and how to avoid it • Spam and Phishing: Other bad, bad things that will show up in your mailbox • Firewalls are your friends • Identity Theft • Top 10 Security Practices • Questions Security Awareness.

  5. Viruses and Worms • http://onguardonline.gov/tutorials/index.html Security Awareness.

  6. Viruses • What do they look like? • Attachment • From someone you don’t know or someone you know very well • Usually will have a very impersonal note in it • How do they work? • Automated • Honor system • What should you do when you get one? • Delete key • Stinger - http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/ Security Awareness.

  7. Summary • Use a Firewall (more to come) • Keep operating systems updated • Use anti-virus software • Don’t click on attachments unless you know what it is Security Awareness.

  8. Windows Update • Microsoft provides security patches and updates • Check for updates at least once per month • Security fixes released on the second Tuesday of each month • Manual Update • Open Internet Explorer  http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com • Windows Automatic Updates makes this easy • Start  Control Panel  Automatic Updates • DePaul makes it even easier • Software Update Services (SUS) server Security Awareness.

  9. Viruses • How can you prevent all viruses? • How can you prevent many viruses? • Install and keep updated anti-virus software • Are some files more likely than others to carry viruses? • Errrr…..well…..yes • But don’t let that make you feel comfortable with other files. Security Awareness.

  10. Virus Protection • Available products • Commercial • McAfee Antivirus - http://www.mcafee.com/ • Norton Antivirus - http://www.symantec.com/ • Commercial/Freeware • Avast! - http://www.avast.com/ • AVG - http://www.grisoft.com/ • http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5 • Checked on October 23, 2005 • Online security check – • http://www.symantec.com/cgi-bin/securitycheck.cgi • http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ • DePaul makes it even easier • McAfee Anti-virus and McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) • Student download - http://netauth.depaul.edu/virusscan/ Security Awareness.

  11. Spyware • Spyware • Gathers information without your knowledge • Available products • Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware – Beta • www.microsoft.com • Popular Downloads – Windows AntiSpyware • http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=321cd7a2-6a57-4c57-a8bd-dbf62eda9671&displaylang=en • Malicious Software Removal Tool • http://www.microsoft.com/security/malwareremove/default.mspx • Ad-aware - http://www.lavasoftusa.com/ • Spybot Search and Destroy - http://www.safer-networking.org/ Security Awareness.

  12. Next……. What else will turn up in your mailbox…… Security Awareness.

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