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22, 2015 Ben WoelkProgram Manager

Information Security Office

Rochester Institute of

TechnologyCyber Safety for Middle School Students and

Parents

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Threat LandscapeStrategies Protect and Prepare Tools Resources

Social NetworksSocial Networking is a social structure made of individuals who are tied by specific types of relationships.

• Facebook • Twitter• Flickr• YouTube

• Snapchat• Instagra

m• Pinterest• Craigslist

Revised from Technological Awareness for Teens and Young Adults, UNM presentation http://ow.ly/PWvU6

Awareness is the key

Everyone is a target

Organized crime funds the attacks

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Text Messaging

Sexting is sending nude pictures via text message 50% of teenagers admit to engaging in sexting

http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/18/living/teens-sexting-what-parents-can-do/

Messages can be forwarded to unintended recipients

Could be embarrassing if pictures were seen by unintended parties

Sexting can be considered child pornography http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Va-Teen-Could-be-Jailed-for-Sexting-Girlfriend-265770831.html

Technological Awareness for Teens and Young Adults, UNM presentationhttp://ow.ly/PWvU6

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Sam McQuadeVictims and Perpetrators

You will not be able to shelter your students from the Internet and social networking

Focus instead on preparing them for the dangers they will face

They can (and will) defeat every technical control you put in place

What you already know

Use strong passwords, aka passphrases

Length > complexity

TIPIt was a dark and stormy night

becomes

ItwasaDark215andStormyNight

Keep Your Software (and Hardware up to date!

TIP

Layers of

security

Anti-virus

Firewall

Don’t overlook

mobile devices!

TIPUse protection

Recognize phishing & scams

TIP

Use social networks

safely

Don’t post schedules or whereabouts

TIP

Remember who else

is there• Employers

• Admissions Offices

• Identity thieves

• Online predators• 1 in 7 10-17 year olds are approached by an online predator

(http://www.rsaconference.com/media/cyber-safety-kids-the-true-story-of-alicia)

TIP

Don’t post inappropriate photos!

What you

post can be

used to…

* Judge

* Impersonate

* Monitor

TIP

Be wary of others

Is this really your friend..?

TIP

TIP

Monitor Your Child’s NameOnline

https://www.google.com/settings/dashboard

Guard personal

information

TIP

Never assume privacy

Learn and set social network

privacy settings

TIP

Who’s following

you?

Tagged photos on Instagram can

be seen by anyone

TIP

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Set a good example! Talk to your kids. Ask them to help you set up

your own profile and page on

the same sites they use.

Subscribe to their social

networks and see what they are

posting. Interact positively with their

posts Look at the pictures they have

chosen to share. Find out who their friends are

and see what they share.

Put your family computer in an

open area where you can see

your kids’ online activities.

Learn and use parental

controls.

Questions (and maybe some answers)

Ben Woelk

Ben.woelk@gmail.com

Benwoelk.com

@benwoelk

www.linkedin.com/in/benwoelk/

http://www.slideshare.net/bwoelk

Resource List• National Cyber Security Alliance (for parents section)

https://www.staysafeonline.org/stay-safe-online/ • OnGuardOnline.gov

https://www.onguardonline.gov/topics/protect-kids-online• Darkness to Light: End Child Sexual Abuse Internet Safety

http://ow.ly/PVavb • Bivonia Child Advocacy Center

https://www.facebook.com/BivonaCAC • Shockproofing Your Use of Social Media eBook, Woelk

http://amzn.com/B00OJMK4T2• Parenting in the Cyber Age: A Parents’ Guide to Safer Social Networking

http://benwoelk.com/parenting-in-the-cyber-age/• National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

http://missingkids.org/Home • Cyber Bullying: Protecting Kids and Adults from Online Bullies

McQuade III, Colt, Meyerhttps://books.google.com/books/about/Cyber_Bullying.html

• Technological Awareness for Teens and Young Adults, UNM presentationhttp://bit.ly/1fDAe0l