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<div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica;">1. Cyber Security Awareness Events Coming in October</div>
<div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica;">2. Bug Fixed in Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac OS X </div>
<div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica;">3. Risks to Information When Traveling</div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica;">It’s that time of year again! </div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica;">October is <a href="https://owa.exchange.mit.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=oF0s8gculU-PHKq61iPCEhJ08crzqdEIOWakrXxTOCWvNAacpibgmzCfZGYd0CYk3EIa-YOBHM0.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.staysafeonline.org%2fncsam">National Cyber
Security Awareness Month (NCSAM)</a> dedicated to the improvement of your safety when using the Internet. </div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica;">Here are 3 ways you can participate:</div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica;"><b>How savvy are you with your knowledge of cyber security risks? </b></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica;">Discover your threat level by attending the “Keep IT Safe” table in W20. Stop by and receive free coffee and donuts.</div>
<div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica;">Tuesday, October 7, 9am - 11am, W20 Lobby</div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica;"><b>Hear about Tor! </b></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica;">Andrew Lewman, Executive Director of The Tor Project, is coming to MIT. Tor was designed to protect government communications and is used today by many types of people for a wide variety of purposes to improve
their privacy and security on the Internet.</div>
<div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica;">Thursday, October 23, 12pm - 1:30pm, 37-252 (Marlar Lounge),
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RSVP required</a> (email <a href="https://owa.exchange.mit.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=oF0s8gculU-PHKq61iPCEhJ08crzqdEIOWakrXxTOCWvNAacpibgmzCfZGYd0CYk3EIa-YOBHM0.&URL=mailto%3amyeaton%40mit.edu">
myeaton@mit.edu</a>) to attend and receive a free lunch</div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica;"><b>Shred IT! </b></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica;">Are you a pack rat? Can’t seem to find the time to get rid of those old hard drives, thumb drives, CDs or digital tapes? Have mountains of old documents that might contain sensitive data but which aren’t needed
anymore? Drop them off at the “Shred IT” table in the Stata Center. Paper will be shredded by Cintas, a professional document management company. Electronic media will be collected and disposed of securely with coordination by Distributed IT Resources (DITR).</div>
<div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica;">Friday, October 24, 10am - 2pm, Stata Center Lobby (Building 32)</div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica;">Spread the word about NCSAM and these events, and we look forward to seeing you there.</div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica;">If you were experiencing some <a href="http://www.sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/121324.aspx">
issues with your Sophos client on the Mac</a>, it should now be fixed with the release of Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac OS X 9.1.7. The update was issued to users at MIT running version 9.1.6. and they should be experiencing no more problems.</div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica;">If, for whatever reason, you did not receive the update or are still experiencing the issues described in the article linked above, please contact the Help Desk:
<a href="http://ist.mit.edu/help">http://ist.mit.edu/help</a>.</div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/09/business/keep-your-data-yours-while-traveling.html">This recent NY Times article</a> outlines the ways your data can fall into the hands of snoops and thieves if you’re
not careful when traveling. The tips the article lists include some great security best practices. </div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica;">1. <b>Take only what you need</b>. If you can, take a loaner laptop or one that contains only what you need for the trip and nothing more. Alternatively, if you must take sensitive data, carry it on a memory
stick.</div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica;">2. <b>Use encryption</b>. Encryption can be added to MIT laptops, mobile devices and memory sticks. To learn more about how to use and enable encryption, see:
<a href="http://ist.mit.edu/encryption">http://ist.mit.edu/encryption</a></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica;">3. <b>Install a virtual private network (VPN)</b>. The VPN that MIT provides gives users an encrypted network connection, even when accessing the Internet via public or open wifi (such as at a hotel or cafe).
This prevents anyone on the same public wifi from accessing your communications. Install the VPN client from the IS&T website:
<a href="http://ist.mit.edu/vpn">http://ist.mit.edu/vpn</a></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica;">4. <b>Protect using a password</b>. If you must take a phone, laptop or tablet with you on your trip, make sure it has a code or password on it. Some
<a href="http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/x/XQdS">smartphones</a> now have fingerprint sensors for locking/unlocking. Choose a strong password for your laptops (<a href="http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/x/3wNt">learn how</a>). Create strong passwords for the mobile
apps or websites you use for accessing sensitive information, and don’t leave passwords written down and stored near the devices you use them for.</div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica;">5. <b>Use layered protection</b>. This means, for example, having extra copies of files safely stored elsewhere (not on your computer’s hard drive), or having your files backed up within the cloud.
<a href="http://ist.mit.edu/crashplan">MIT offers CrashPlan</a>, the new backup service that replaces TSM. Mobile devices can also use CrashPlan via
<a href="http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/x/cWoYCQ">CrashPlan apps</a>. </div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica;">Note: while having files in Dropbox can be convenient for sharing files with other colleagues, if you have installed Dropbox on your computer, the files are accessible to a thief who has stolen your computer.
A recommendation would be to remove the DropBox folder from the computer prior to traveling and to access your Dropbox files via the Dropbox website. On mobile devices, the folder can be password protected within the Dropbox app.
<a href="http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/x/o34YCQ">See these security tips for Dropbox users</a>.</div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/x/ODIYCQ">Find more tips for MIT Travelers in this KB article</a>.</div>
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