Keeping Passwords, Financial and Personal Information Safe

Introduction

• Fun Hacking Facts
  • Average Cost of a Data Breach: $3.86 Million
  • Average Time to Identify a Breach: 207 Days
  • PII Involved in 58% of Breaches
  • Breaches Increased by 11% Since 2018 and 67% Since 2014
  • 64% of Americans Have Never Checked to See If They Were Affected by a Data Breach
  • 56% of Americans Don't Know What Steps to Take in the Event of a Data Breach
• Impact of a Single Hack
  • Adverse Impact on Credit
  • Debt That You Did Not Incur
  • Costs of Rehabilitating Your Credit
  • What Are the Most Common Passwords?
  • Are You Pawned?

Password Hygiene

• Basic Requirements of a Password
  • 16 Characters
  • Upper- and Lower-Case Letter
  • Special Characters
• Changing Your Password (90 Days)
• Do Not Repeat Your Password
• Never Share Your Password

Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

• What Is MFA?
• Benefits of MFA
• Costs of MFA (Nothing)
• Biometric Authentication

Password Management System

• Keeps Track of Your Passwords
• Lets You Know If You Repeated, See Above
• Will Generate a Proper Password for You
• Can Back up Your Passwords Automatically
• Entirely Safe

Other Security Measures

• HTTP vs. HTTPS
• Lock the Laptop in Trunk
• Use a Security Cable
• Use a Privacy Screen
• Using a Web-Based Alternative, e.g., Desktop as a Service (DaaS)

Encryption Tools

• What Is Encryption?
• Encryption Approaches:
  • Whole Drive
  • File or Object
  • Secure Email

Social Engineering Attacks

• Baiting (Offering Incentives)
• Scareware (Threats of Adverse Actions)
• Pretexting (Pretending to Be Someone Else)
• Phishing (Urgent Emails)
• Spear Phishing (Targeted Phishing)