The National Security Agency offers up free cyber security tips on their website www.nsa.gov/ia. This slideshare is a consolidation of those tips for easy reading and understanding.

1. 5 NSA CYBERSECURITY TIPS
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2. THESE TIPS ARE STRAIGHT
FROM THE NSA WEBSITE
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3. WWW.NSA.GOV/IA
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4. TELLS ME THESE WILL NEGATE 95% OF ALL ATTACKS
MY NSA CONNECTION
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5. THEY'RE SIMPLE
AND INEXPENSIVE
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6. 1. USE WHITELISTS
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7. BY DEFAULT
EVERYTHING ELSE IS BLOCKED
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8. DECIDE WHICH PROGRAMS ARE ALLOWED TO RUN
ONLY ADMINISTRATORS
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9. 2. CONTROL ADMIN PRIVILEGES
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10. GRANT PRIVILEGES
ONLY WHEN ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY
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11. LOG & MONITOR
ADMINISTRATOR ACTIVITY
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12. ADMINSTRATIVE ACCOUNTS
• No email account
• Not connected to internet
• Two factor access
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13. ADMINISTRATOR PASSWORDS
• Can't reuse
• Greater than 14 characters
• Must change frequently
• Good policy for entire
organization
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14. RESTRICT WHERE & WHEN
ADMINISTRATORS CAN ROAM
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15. 3. LIMIT WORKSTATION TO WORKSTATION
COMMUNICATION
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16. REALLY?
HARD TO BELIEVE IT'S STILL ALLOWED ANYWHERE
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17. 4. USE ANTI-VIRUS
FILE-REPUTATION-SERVICE
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18. MUST HAVE
COMPLETE THREAT PICTURE AT ALL TIMES
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19. WITHIN SECONDS INSTEAD OF HOURS OR DAYS
UPDATES
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20. 5. ANTI-EXPLOITATION
TURN IT ON
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21. IS USUALLY A HACKER'S FIRST STEP
EXPLOITATION
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22. EFFECTIVE AGAINST
COMMON ATTACKS
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23. STANDARD EQUIPMENT
AND IT'S FREE
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24. IMPLEMENT THESE STEPS
TODAY
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