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I'm giving a presentation later this week to the staff at the company where I work. The goal of the presentation is to serve as a refresher/remidner of good practices that can help keep our network secure. The audience is made up of both programmers and non-technical staff, so the presentation is geared for non-technical users.
I want part of this presentation to be a top list of "tips". The list needs to be short (to encourage memory) and be specific and relevant to the user.
I have the following five items so far:
- Never open an attachment you didn't expect
- Only download software from a trusted source, like download.com
- Do not distribute passwords when requested via phone or email
- Be wary of social engineering
- Do not store sensitive data on an FTP server
Some clarifications:
- This is for our work network
- These need to be "best practices" tips for the end-user, not IT policy
- We have backups, OS patches, firewall, AV, etc, all centrally managed
- This is for a small business (less than 25 people)
I have two questions:
- Do you suggest any additional items?
- Do you suggest any changes to existing items?
1This question belongs over on superuser.com - and at the very least should be Community Wiki – Mark Henderson – 2010-03-30T22:55:18.577
Assuming this is part of the IT department security policy, I disagree. My IT department wrote some of the material and educated the training person for annual end-user security training. – Warner – 2010-03-30T23:53:22.523
3At the very least it's just another version of "Your Favourite (x)", which really should be community wiki – Mark Henderson – 2010-03-31T00:06:07.307
@Farseeker: I agree. – None – 2010-03-31T00:15:09.550
@Farseeker - this is not a superuser.com question. This is for a work network. – Justin – 2010-03-31T13:01:46.213
I should have posted my response last night. Unfortunately, it was late and I wanted to give it the proper attention. – Warner – 2010-03-31T16:26:54.567
Why on earth is this on superuser? This question meets all of the criteria in the FAQ -- http://serverfault.com/faq. Very odd.
– Justin – 2010-04-01T14:08:57.933All it takes is 5 people to agree, right or wrong. – Warner – 2010-04-01T15:37:33.273