1. Protecting Your Information Assets5
Protecting Your Information Assets

2. Explain why it is critical that you protect your information assets.
Identify the various behavioral actions you can take to protect your information assets.
Identify the various computerbased actions you can take to protect your information assets.

3. Introduction
Behavioral Actions to Protect Your Information Assets
Computer-Based Actions to Protect Your Information Assets

4. TG 5.1
Introduction
Risk of Using Wireless Hot Spots While Traveling or Working from Home
Protecting Yourself Due to the Rise in Organized Crime Online
Two Types of Actions to Protect Yourself
Behavioral Actions
Computer-Based Actions

5. Behavioral Actions to Protect Your Information Assets
TG 5.2
Behavioral Actions to Protect Your Information Assets
General Behavioral Actions
What to Do in the Event of Identity Theft

6. General Behavioral Actions
Never provide personal information to strangers in any format – Physical, Verbal, or Electronic
Protect Your Social Security Number
Secure Your Credit Cards Against Fraudulent Use
Include a Picture on Your Credit Card
Write “Photo ID Required” in Signature Area
Use Virtual Credit Cards for Online Shopping
Pay close attention to Billing Cycles
Limit Use of Debit Cards
Have Credit Card Bills Delivered Paperless/Digitally

7. General Behavioral Actions (Continued)
Use a P.O. Box instead of your personal mailbox at your home or apartment
Lock Credit Files with LifeLock or TrustedID

8. What to Do in the Event of Identity Theft
Get a Lawyer
Get Organized
File a Detailed Police Report
Get the name and phone number of your police investigator, and give it to your creditors
In all communications about the crime, use certified, return-receipt mail

9. What to Do in the Event of Identity Theft (Continued)
Be sure to obtain your unique case number from each credit agency, and ask each credit agency to send you your credit report
Tell each agency to issue a fraud alert
Obtain the document that you need to file a long-term fraud alert, which lasts for seven year or until cancelled.
Ask the credit agencies for the names and phone number of lenders with whom fraudulent accounts have been opened

10. What to Do in the Event of Identity Theft (Continued)
Point out to each agency all entries generated due to fraud
Instruct each agency to notify anyone who received your credit report in the last six months that you are disputing the information
Californians can order a “credit freeze” with all three major credit agencies
Call your credit card companies directly
Change all your credit cards immediately

11. What to Do in the Event of Identity Theft (Continued)
Be alert for unauthorized change-of-address notifications in your mail
Fill out fraud affidavits for creditors
If debt collector demand payment of fraudulent accounts, write down the name of the company as well as the collector’s name, address, and phone number, and inform them you have been victimized

12. Computer-Based Actions to Protect Your Information Assets
TG 5.3
Computer-Based Actions to Protect Your Information Assets
Determining Which Internet Sites People Using Your Computer Have Visited
Dangers of Social Networking Sites
Determining Whether Your Computer Is Infected
Computer Actions to Prevent Malware Infections
Protecting Your Portable Devices and Information
Internet Explorer 9

13. Computer-Based Actions to Protect Your Information Assets (Continued)
TG 5.3
Computer-Based Actions to Protect Your Information Assets (Continued)
Other Actions That You Can Take On Your Computer
Protecting Your Privacy
Preparing for Personal Disasters
Restoring Backup Files
Wireless Security

14. Computer Actions to Prevent Malware Infections
Test Your System
Install a Security Suite on Your Computer
Install an Anti-Malware Product on Your Computer
Install a Firewall on Your Computer
Install an Antispyware Product on Your Computer

15. Computer Actions to Prevent Malware Infections (Continued)
Install Monitoring Software on Your Computer
Install Content-Filtering Software on Your Computer
Install Anti-spam Software on Your Computer
Install Proactive Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software on Your Computer

16. Computer Actions to Prevent Malware Infections (Continued)
Manage Patches
Use a Browser Other Than Internet Explorer
Use an Operating System Other Than Windows

17. Internet Explorer 9 Protected Mode ActiveX Opt-In Fix My Settings
Windows Defender
Personal Data Safeguards
Phishing Filter
Delete Browsing History

18. Internet Explorer 9 (Continued)
InPrivate
Domain Highlighting
SmartScreen Filter
Add-on Manager
Cross-site Scripting Filter
A 128-bit Secure Connection for Using Secure Web Sites

19. Other Actions That You Can Take On Your Computer
How To Detect a Worm
How to Detect a Trojan Horse
How to Detect Fake Web Sites

20. Protecting Your Privacy
Use Strong Passwords
How to Adjust Your Privacy Settings on Your Computer
How to Surf the Web Anonymously
How to Anonymously
Turning Off Your Google Web History
Removing All Google Web or Search History

21. Wireless Security Hide Your Service Set Identifier (SSID)
Use Encryption
Filter Out Media Access Control (MAC) Addresses
Limit Internet Protocol (IP) Addresses

22. Wireless Security (Continued)
Sniff Out Intruders
Using a Public Hotspot
Test Your Wireless Network
Wireless Security Software