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1 Centre of Expertise - Security Securing your business against cybercrime Or surely we do not have anything to worry about...do we?

2 Centre of Expertise - Security ECU Security Research Institute Leading and largest Australian security research program based at Joondalup Campus –Digital Forensics, Information Security, Critical Infrastructure Security, Human Security We work and engage across all parts of the community We are about providing a safer place for all Australians to work, rest and play

3 Centre of Expertise - Security Why am I here? We are conducting research into SME cyber security readiness We have a survey running at http://smesec.ecu-sri.org The survey will help us target training and information for you to protect your business from cyber criminals

4 Centre of Expertise - Security Cyber criminals are easy to spot..

5 Centre of Expertise - Security So do you use any of these

6 Centre of Expertise - Security PlanDesign 556 MILLION VICTIMS PER YEAR 1.5+ MILLION VICTIMS PER DAY 18 VICTIMS PER SECOND THE GLOBAL SCALE OF CONSUMER CYBERCRIME 2012 Symantec – Internet Security Threat Report 2013

7 Centre of Expertise - Security PlanDesign 32% 46% $201 Norton Report: 2013 and ABS 2013 Of Australian smartphone users have experienced mobile cyber crime. Of Australians exposed overall to cyber crime The typical cost to a victim per cyber incident

8 Centre of Expertise - Security PlanDesign 80+% $12,500 ACMA Research Snapshot May 2013 Symantec Software Inc, Cyber Security Survey, 2012 The estimated average cost of downtime for an SME per day. 30+% Small businesses are the engine of the Australian economy Cyber attacks specifically targeting SMEs doubled in 2012, causing IT outages, data loss, and other damages of SMEs suffer an IT security incident in the course of a year. of businesses lost at least $195,000 as a result of cyber attacks Of Australian SMEs were targeted for customer data, intellectual property and bank account information.

9 Centre of Expertise - Security So how easy? Cyber security tools that breach systems are readily downloadable The videos on how to use these tools are likewise easy to find

10 Centre of Expertise - Security So protecting yourself Passwords Backup Firewall Virus scanners Encryption Wireless? Turn it OFF

11 Centre of Expertise - Security Passwords 12 characters or less is WEAK Do not use dictionary words Do not use dates of birth A good password is at least 12 characters long and has combinations of letters, numbers and punctuation! Agpial1clahcolnp! Or 1wltaIasootp!

12 Centre of Expertise - Security Backup You should DO it often as needed...which basically like your brushing your teeth is at least once a day Do not leave them in the draw under your system...take them home... Get a drive for each DAY of the week and 2 monthlies total cost ~ $700

13 Centre of Expertise - Security Firewall Turn it on! On every device that has it! It at least will detect and respond to known attacks and stupidity Turn on any logging (recording of events) associated with the firewall

14 Centre of Expertise - Security Virus Scanners Again low cost against the damage that can be caused Update them regularly Every device that supports them should have one!

15 Centre of Expertise - Security Encryption Takes plain text and converts into encrypted text -----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE----- Version: PGP Desktop 10.0.2 (Build 13) Charset: utf-8 qANQR1DBwU4DcnGXooM7CFkQB/0dghq2KlQrUkALK1nP6evOGOfrNhIDu7GjG7hz5LgqeMQ6oYwPDoA1m1VLloddoa WA44jQIkGbSunxvOh7vLmfwvCBdUZ/iXxdMGccEElZWSfWX8CdMbLW/wwShBuCN7WL+0SHNoNVUbAdXCzJzTiiV GMrjjKT/FapOb8zFag5PUg0KrfKIxyIpMGLIkJuZ9p+BVCc3teDALU9RMidSPCbrOYVnFUGDW0Gqb2FpVsAjhS097tH sa+IX0NnFZCI1qxKUCN1h7eJH93kaMZgPLcJXo3CRrwsEq9hI+cItGyWABqzMQ+QkktgVHM27HPR4VJAK99uFJmFi levWGdRmnCACur3u4bMYo6Rj2s9LDtuFf72nhw0DmzoPtNTU3n/6WeH/U5Sye93wHqeWNol0UcmY2DqonF1dxLxWi iDOUmRCWlUYyVXRJrNY29NC7QbuhLcAXiv31sVTkC7u8O67Y1BYZd+fenXDcob051G3sZg2fLyDww4Uyhv0LKtCU rim7pZRGQ/gndtP6aheaZAQ4PgqtBlqdfNIC75HO0X5zXmHV3q4mINc0DkJH1KJeckvkN/7+GV3uArjhclyOBQxG0jRu 2adXGITT9Y1hWQjAAsXFilLSiQ/v2zWey2GlyakVmKBGYQuKG6zkDzKPlin/vZREiMoQ7K5ITjWAKVhuN+Hq0lcBYRk lEEStl1UUe1sn1n4kghILcEHN1DzdLf6NqIJy2beHAY8nBS1HgLdbCgok1g+Y47Bo1YilqGd4Nt81bSWzlKFpDMTi1UA RjW/Ie/IHnA2AJQmoSkU==Q82F -----END PGP MESSAGE-----

16 Centre of Expertise - Security Wireless?? No wireless is secure So ? do you really need it To be better secured use UTP Cat 6 cables

17 Centre of Expertise - Security Turn it OFF! You switch off your lights in your business, so in most cases switch off your DSL / Wireless router, computers

18 Centre of Expertise - Security Survey so far says... 15% do not use firewalls 25% do not use virus scanners on PCs 40% use wireless/WiFi 80% people who use a mobile phone/tablet do not use a virus scanner

19 Centre of Expertise - Security Next... We need you to tell your friends, associates etc go to http://smesec.ecu-sri.org Training FREE! is about to begin soon

20 Centre of Expertise - Security Questions


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