MIT: Independent Activities Period: IAP

IAP 2016 Activities by Sponsor - Roy Wattanasin



Cybersecurity - Reducing Your Attack Surface

Roy Wattanasin

Jan/22 Fri 12:00PM-01:00PM 3-133, All are welcome to attend!

Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Prereq: None, Open To All, Invite your friends & colleagues!

Whether you realize it or not, end user cybersecurity plays a major role in everyones' lives: from your siblings to your grandparents. It affects your family, friends and even your colleagues. It is critical for all to understand how to be safer with today's online threats.

Come to this 1-hour conversation (new for 2016) to understand and learn more. Bring your questions to this information security open-ended general session for all. Hear from Roy and Frank Quinn (both security professionals) to hear about their thoughts and recommendations regarding the topics below.

(This is designed to be a session for the MIT community in order to reduce your attack surface. Feel free to invite your friends and colleagues!)

A. Backing Your Data

B. Administrative Access

C. Operating System (OS) Patching

D. Third-party patching

E. Defenses For You

F. Passwords

G. Wireless Connectivity / Internet-VPN Usage

H. Social Networking, "What People Know About you?"

I. Maintaining Your Privacy and "Being Aware"

J. Hack the world

K. Any other security/privacy questions to ask us

Contact: Roy Wattanasin, roywatt@mit.edu