Digital Security

Presentation

This page was designed to go along with the Digital Security presentation. Download the PDF of the presentation slides HERE.

Practice Good Safety Habits

Never reveal your passwords to others. You probably wouldn’t give your ATM card and PIN to a stranger and then walk away. So, don’t give away your username and password. Your login credentials protect information as valuable as the money in your bank account. Nobody needs to know them but you—not even the IT department. If someone is asking for your password, it’s possibly a scam.

Always assume that pubilc devices are unsecured. If you must log in to an account, make sure you do not allow the device to store your credentials and always log out of every account before you walk away. Remember, even your personal device can be compromise if you leave it unattented without first locking it up.

Use different passwords for different accounts. That way, if one account is compromised, at least the others won’t be at risk.

Reset your passwords regularly. Passwords will show up on lists accessed by hackers so make sure they only see an old, unused password by updating the passwords you use.

Enabling Multi-Factor Authentication On Your Advent Account

  1. Click on your account icon
  2. Select “Manage My Google Account”
  3. From the menu on the left select “Security”
  4. Scroll down until you see the security options and enable 2-Factor Authentication
  5. Using the Authenticator App and Backup Codes is also recommended

https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185839?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop

SLAM method to spot scam emails

  • Sender: Check the sender’s email address
  • Links: Hover and check any links before clicking
  • Attachments: Don’t open attachments from someone you don’t know or attachments that you weren’t expecting
  • Message: Check the content of the message and keep an eye out for bad grammar or misspellings

Spotting Fake URLs and Emails

Make passwords that are hard to guess but easy to remember.

  • Use a combination of lowercase, Upper Case, numbers, and symbols to make your password harder to guess or crack.
  • Try to use between 12 and 14 characters to stall brute force attacks 
  • To make passwords easier to remember, start with sentences or phrases then add numbers and symbols. For example, “BlueSquare13&(”. 
  • Avoid single words, or a word preceded or followed by a single number (e.g. Password1). Hackers will use dictionaries of words and commonly used passwords to guess your password.
  • Don’t use information in your password that others might know about you or that’s in your social media (e.g. birthdays, children’s or pet’s names, car model, etc.). If your friends can find it, so will hackers.

https://www.passwordmonster.com

Password Managers