Personal Computing Security Toolkit

• Awareness
• Checklist
• Tools
• Policy

Awareness

Videos

When I go to UVA, Winner of the Educause awareness video contest

Cyber Security on Campus, Two campus executives describe infiltration experience on their campus.  For best results, select the Real Media (Condensed Version (16 minutes) - Streaming)

Information

Educause Computer Security Awareness Video Contest 2007  Several videos on Security Awareness: http://www.researchchannel.org/securityvideo2007/

Presentations

A Blueprint for Handling Sensitive Data: Security, Privacy, and Other Considerations

Password – Identity and Privacy

Computer Security Checklist

Department Computing Security Checklist (pdf)

Personal Computing Security Checlist (pdf)

Tools

Scan Your PC For Confidential Data

Cornell Spider will scan your PC’s hard disk for social security or credit card numbers inadvertently stored in clear text.

Mobile PC Security

Computrace, Lojack-like capability for PC’s to help locate, recover or destroy the data stored on the hard disk of a lost/stolen PC.  Available from Computer Connection

TrueCrypt - Encrypts the contents of files stores on a computer's hard disk.

DBAN - Wipe your computer or any data storage device of all data (whether deleted or not) before discarding, giving away, etc.  DBAN electronically shreds data to several different user-selectable standards, including DOD (Department of Defense), thereby preventing files from being recovered.  Warning, this tool PERMANENTLY deletes ALL information from a computer

Policy

Strong Passwords

Acceptable Use of IT Resources