Information Technology is evolving at rapid speeds, and so are the cyber threats / hackers. SecurityRI.com created this SlideShare to help bring awareness to the end-users. Each slide helps explain the threats, and ways to avoid / reduce your exposure. Please contact us with any questions, and be sure to follow our company account on LinkedIn for daily updates / informational tips. Thank you!

1. Cyber Awareness
Understand the Threat

2. What is Cybersecurity?
Cybersecurity, also known as “Information Security”
focus on protecting computers, networks, programs,
and data from unintended or unauthorized access,
modification, or deletion.

3. Secure your home and business’s computer, server, and
networking devices from malware, ransomware, viruses,
and many other vulnerabilities.
Reduce Risk & Secure

4. Malware
A software that has been discreetly installed on your PC to
perform a specific task, often intended to damage or disable
the PC.

5. Ransomware
A specific type of malicious software designed to encrypt
information on a computer system or network, restricting
access to data until a sum of money is paid for the
decryption key.

6. Email Attachment Handling
Warning signs:
◦ Unsolicited
◦ Has attachment such as .zip or .html (instead of .docx, .doc, .pdf)
◦ No last name from sender
◦ Grammar / Punctuation / Spelling errors

7. Phishing
An email that has been spammed to many email addresses
claiming to be from a reputable company, with the intention
of stealing personal information, usernames, passwords,
credit card information, or addresses.

8. Spear-Phishing

9. Antivirus / Antimalware
ALWAYS use an antivirus/antimalware software, even if it’s
just Windows Defender or Microsoft Security Essentials.

10. Patching
Software designed to protect computer systems and other
devices from known threats or to fix bugs.

11. Passwords
•Change your passwords often, every 90 days at least.
•Do not use the same password for each of your accounts.
•Use special characters & upper / lower case letters
All of the above will benefit against hackers!

12. Backup your Data
Having an up-to-date backup of all critical data for either
personal or business can be the biggest time saver in case of
data loss, damage, deletion, or encryption.

13. What is “Cybercrime”?
Criminal activity or a crime that involves the Internet, a
computer, or computer technology.

14. Cybercrime Types
◦ Identity Theft
◦ Hacking
◦ Piracy
◦ Advance Fee Fraud
◦ Transaction Fraud
◦ Child pornography

15. "Every minute, we are seeing about half a million attack
attempts that are happening in cyber space."
-Derek Manky, Fortinet global security strategist

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