1. SIG Leader: Mike Smith Host of the Mike Tech Show podcast http://miketechshow.com miketechshow@gmail.com

2. Topic schedule Today – Security May – Virtualization Part II after Main Meeting Part I Jun – Organizing your digital life Jul – Aug – Email me your suggestions for next season presentation topics.

3. Today’s Agenda Security Password Tip Network Hardware Operating System Websites and Applications Data and Encryption Wi-Fi - Private and Public Q & A

4. Password Tip 8 characters Use Upper case, lowercase, number and symbol Example: C0mput3r!

5. Network Install a router for your broadband internet Cable, FiOS, DSL Change the default password Use OpenDNS to protect your network http://opendns.com

6. Hardware Set the BIOS password Hard drive password, administrator

7. Operating System Keep Operating System patched Keep programs updated (Adobe flash, Java) Set login account passwords Use Anti-virus software Microsoft Security Essentials Use MalwareBytes for all other infections http://malwarebytes.org

8. Websites and Applications Managing all of those passwords for websites KeePass - http://keepass.info/http://keepass.info/ Lastpass - http://lastpass.com/http://lastpass.com/ RoboForm - http://www.roboform.com/http://www.roboform.com/ Application passwords (i.e. Quicken. Quickbooks)

9. Websites and Applications Activate SSL for Gmail and Facebook HTTPS://www.gmail.com HTTPS://www.facebook.com

10. Data and Encryption File passwords (Word, Excel) TrueCrypt – http://truecrypt.orghttp://truecrypt.org Hard Drive Encryption USB thumb drive Encryption Truecrypt or IronKey Password protected backup

11. Wi-Fi - Private and Public Private Set WPA2 password encryption Change router password Public Use LogMeIn for safe browsing Personal HotSpot MiFi, iPhone, iPad

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