Protecting information workshop, Erasmus+ project New Literacy Set, 2015-2017

1. Protecting information
„New Literacy Set” Project
2015-2017

2. In UK in 2015. were:
•2.46 million cyber incidents
•2.11 million victims of cyber
crime
•UK businesses reported
losses of £1,079,447,765 in
the past year

3. • In 2015, the maximum
total annualized cost od
cyber-crime committed
against US companies
amounted to 65.05
million U.S.dollars
• 35% of the global
cybercrime were U.S.
fraud victims

4. •Legislative inhomogeneity
makes it virtually impossible for
an unanimous judgement of the
criminal events that is then
treated differently depending on
the country.
•Criminal acts could be
conducted in foreign
countries.

6. Lifecycle
Collect and
hold
Handling
Assess the
risks
Protect your
informations
Destroy

7. 1. Consider What Personal Information
Is Important
• Personal information
includes personal data:
• Identification data
• Contact data
• Physical
characteristics data
• Ideology data

8. 2. Privacy By Design
• Malware – malicious software

9. • Where malware comes from?
– Internet
– e-mail
– Hacked websites
– Games demos
– Music files
– Toolbars
– Software
– Free subscriptions

10. • How to recognize malware?
– Slow computer
– Pop-ups
– Spam
– Frequent crashes

11. • How to remove malware?
– Use a reliable malware removal tool!

12. • How to prevent malware?
– Use powerful antivirus and anti-malware software
– Don’t open email attachments from unknown or
unexpected sources

13. 3. If In Doubt, Throw It Out

14. Online shopping statistics
• 40% of global internet users, or more than 1
billion people, have bought products or goods
online
• The U.S. e-commerce economy is worth $349
billion while China’s e-commerce economy is
worth $562.66 billion
• 8 out of 10 consumers will shop online if
offered free shipping

15. Online shopping statistics
• Online retail sales in the U.K. reached an
estimated £52.25 billion in 2015, with the
average shopper spending £1,174
• 40% of shoppers consult 3 or more channels,
often in the process of shopping, before
making a purchase; it goes to show the
increasing importance of having an online
presence in as many places as possible

16. Ecommerce customers in Spain
• Credit cards amount for more than half of all
online transactions, followed by cash (32%),
electronic bank transfer (20%) and eWallet
(14%).
• The most important payment option in Spain
seems to be 4B, which has 20 million cards
circulating amongst the Spanish population.
• The credit and debit cards of Euro6000 are
also widely used.

17. Ecommerce customers in Spain

18. Ecommerce customers in Spain
• Based on data from from Instituo Nacional de
Estadictica, about 22% of the Spanish
population bought something in the last three
months
• About 10.7 million Spanish people (31% of the
population aged 16 to 74 years old) ordered
something online in the last year.

19. Top 10 Online Shopping Sites in the World

20. Online payment methods

21. Phishing
• What does a phishing email message look
like?

22. 4. Stay Updated
• Install anti-virus/malware software
• Keep your antivirus software up to date
• Run regularly scheduled scans with your anti-
virus software
• Keep your operating system current
• Secure your network
• Think before you click

23. 4. Stay Updated
• Keep your personal information safe
• Don’t use open wi-fi
• Back up your files
• Use multiple string passwords

24. 5. Assessing the risk
• Metadata – „data about data”

25. 6. Taking appropriate steps and putting strategies into
place to protect personal information
• Use a unique password for each of your important
accounts
• Use a mix of letters, numbers and symbols in your
passwords
• Don’t use personal information or common words as a
password
• Make sure your backup password options are up-to-
date and secure in case you need to reset or forget
your passord
• Keep your passwords secure and don’t leave notes with
your passwords to various sites on your computer or
desk

26. 7. Destroying personal information
• Wipe the drive completely
• Delete only your sensitive files
• Destroy the hard drive