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Security / Privacy Advice?

Posted by kdawson on from the all-ears dept.

James-NSC writes "My employer is changing its policy towards employee use of social networks. I've been asked to give a 40-minute presentation to the entire company, with attendance mandatory, on the security and privacy concerns relating to social networking. While I was putting it together, I ended up with some miscellaneous information that pertains to security/privacy in general, for example: the emerging ATM skimming (mainly for our European employees), a reminder that email is not private, malware/drive-by in popular search results, etc. Since these topics don't directly relate to the subject I've been asked to address, I've ended up with a section titled 'While I have you...' I'm going to have the mandatory attention of every employee and I thought it would be a great opportunity to give advice on security/privacy issues across the board. As it's an opportunity that one seldom gets, I certainly want to utilize it fullly. If you had the attention of an entire company with employees in the US, UK, Asia, and Australia, what security / privacy advice would you give?"

7 of 260 comments (clear)

  1. Secure Your Presentation PC/software by sfled · · Score: 5, Funny

    Secure the PC & software you're going to use in the presentation, just to keep pranksters or jealous peers from having fun at your expense. Terribly embarrassing to give a talk on security while boobies are flashing on the screen behind you.

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    I'm not really a web designer, I just play one on the Internet.
  2. One line by antifoidulus · · Score: 4, Funny

    "If you wouldn't expose your wang to your co-workers at the water cooler, don't do it online"

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    Monstar L
  3. While you're at it.. by 3Cats · · Score: 5, Funny

    explain to them that's MY FREAKIN BACON SANDWICH in the fridge! I had my NAME ON IT!!

    Farkin' lunch thieves...

  4. Re:Mandatory? by theeddie55 · · Score: 5, Funny

    But cookies can cause security problems if not handled properly.

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  5. Re:Mandatory? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    3) you will be fired.

  6. Re:IT people get security wrong by Alpha830RulZ · · Score: 4, Funny

    and they expire the account if you don't log in every 30 days. Which you don't if you did it right the first time. Which happened to me yesterday. And cost us 9 hrs of customer visible downtime until the drone in distributed systems management could reset the account. Who was out on a dental appt. Whose backup didn't have a login on the system. Because of an expired account. No shit.

    But I rant...

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  7. Re:Mandatory? by jeffstar · · Score: 3, Funny

    4) Profit!!!!