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RE: Security Awareness
From: Murad Talukdar <talukdar_m () subway com>
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 08:52:31 +1000
Had a recent issue whereby my daughter's friend's decided to meet up with two guys that they'd met on MSN. Of course, the girls' parents didn't know but I found out through my daughter during one of those off the cuff conversations. I discussed this with my daughter and asked her an all important question, "How do you know who someone is when you chat online?" "Oh they said their names were Alex and Bob etc etc, therefore...and they sent photos, etc etc." Now I'm possibly the last person in the world to think that anything you hear on 60 Minutes etc is true and not hyped up('The Internet will abduct your children etc etc) but I do like to empower my kids to make assessments on risk before acting. I would also like to help them develop some 'street smarts'(this is easier when you live where I live!). This is better than frightening them or preventing the from doing anything-I feel. The upshot of the meeting that my daughter's friends had was that they two boys were legit and were actually twelve years old-having said that I have seen some of the things that children of that age discuss online-just catching glimpses over shoulders in the library confirms that they know a lot more than their parents give them credit for. Whether that knowledge correlates to wisdom and discernment is another question. A good book when it comes to helping kids developing self awareness is by Claude Steiner called the Warm Fuzzies. Helps to give them ideas as to what feels good and what feels not good and to trust their instincts. Great for younger kids. As for the more technical side of things, I'd definitely highlight things like popups and to beware of things that say they are free-also to not to give away any real information on the net unless an adult is around to check(hopefully a tech savvy one!) Regards Murad Talukdar -----Original Message----- From: razk () smarteam com [mailto:razk () smarteam com] Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 12:22 AM To: security-basics () securityfocus com Subject: Security Awareness Hello As part of a voluntary act, I would like to give lectures on security awareness to kids between the ages of 7-14 Could you please provide me some starting points of the major issues I should present to them? This should be VERY basic stuff due to their ages. Thank you. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is sponsored by: SensePost Hacking, like any art, will take years of dedicated study and practice to master. We can't teach you to hack. But we can teach you what we've learned so far. Our courses are honest, real, technical and practical. SensePost willl be at Black Hat Vegas in July. To see what we're about, visit us at: http://www.sensepost.com/training.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is sponsored by: SensePost Hacking, like any art, will take years of dedicated study and practice to master. We can't teach you to hack. But we can teach you what we've learned so far. Our courses are honest, real, technical and practical. SensePost willl be at Black Hat Vegas in July. To see what we're about, visit us at: http://www.sensepost.com/training.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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- Re: Security Awareness Harrison Holland (Jul 17)
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- Re: Security Awareness Saqib Ali (Jul 17)
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- RE: Security Awareness Hargiss, Jeff (Jul 17)
- Re: Security Awareness Douglas Duckworth (Jul 18)
- RE: Security Awareness Murad Talukdar (Jul 18)
- RE: Security Awareness MARTIN Benoni (Jul 18)
- RE: Security Awareness Cadle Tom (Jul 18)