Basic Security Conference
Hello all! I was asked to put on a basic security conference back home! There will be 2 flavours of the conference. One for home users, and one for small businesses. This is for people who don't know what a firewall is, how to filter spam, scan for viruses, etc etc. They can all use their computers well enough to get around fairly well on the internet, and all that sort of thing.. Anyway! I was wondering if anyone had any ideas for topics to discuss that I don't have listed below.
Virus
What they are
How to prevent them
Worms
What they are
How to prevent them
Trojan Horse
What they are
How to prevent them
Hack Attacks
What they are
How to prevent them
Email
Spam
Virus attacks
Virus Scanners
What they are
How to configure them
Top of the line virus scanners
Firewall
What they are
How to configure them
Top of the line firewalls
Family Safety
Online shopping (ebay, internet stores, etc etc)
Blocking sites from your children (using netnanny, etc etc)
Securing networks from the inside and out agaisnt attacks
Monitoring Employees
Credit Card Theft
Am I missing anything obvious that everyone should know?
OH! Another thing is to demonstrate how easy it can be to trace where people come from. Also to show them a bit about NeoTracePro so they can see that in about 1 minute, how easy it is for someone to find their house/company/whatever on a world map. (to help drill in the fact that their defenses should be up!)
Along with how to shut down the windows messaging system so those that don't use it don't get that new kind of spam that's starting to float around.
The joys of spyware and how to get rid of it is also on the list!
The joys of spyware and how to get rid of it is also on the list!
The joys of spyware and how to get rid of it is also on the list!
Re: Basic Security Conference
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Hello all! I was asked to put on a basic security conference back home! There will be 2 flavours of the conference. One for home users, and one for small businesses. This is for people who don't know what a firewall is, how to filter spam, scan for viruses, etc etc. They can all use their computers well enough to get around fairly well on the internet, and all that sort of thing.. Anyway! I was wondering if anyone had any ideas for topics to discuss that I don't have listed below.
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I don't know... I just think that "basic security" should start with less-technical things...
Privacy
What it is
Why it is important
How to ensure privacy
Security
What it is
Why it is important
How to ensure security
Passwords
What they are
Why we need stong passwords
How to choose stong passwords
Social Engineering
What it is
Why it is dangerous
How to deal with it
etc...
Then you go into technology, tools and other technical things...
Peace always,
<jdenny>
Re: Basic Security Conference
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Originally posted here by fuzz_64
OH! Another thing is to demonstrate how easy it can be to trace where people come from. Also to show them a bit about NeoTracePro so they can see that in about 1 minute, how easy it is for someone to find their house/company/whatever on a world map. (to help drill in the fact that their defenses should be up!)
This 'finding where you live' through your IP address stuff is pretty hyped up. Regardless, if you want to show them how to protect themselves against this sort of thing, you might want to include a section on proxy servers: how they work, how to find free ones, using them in IE and other browsers etc.
Good luck with your conferences :)
-toad
