Saturday, September 11, 2004
Here's a document worth sharing with your family
My fellow CISSP M. Kabay put together a readable and informative 82-page booklet about staying safe on the Internet.
Dr. Kabay writes clearly and plainly about specific threats to your wallet, your peace of mind, and the welfare of your children. He gives sound advice and a treasury of informative links for followup reading.
He covers everything from online hate groups to gambling sites, concentrating on common-sense non-technical solutions (like talking to your kids) and ethics. Yes, ethics. There's a lot of truth to "You can't cheat an honest man". Con games typically involve the victim in some apparently illegal scheme.
I was delighted by how balanced the advice is. For example, the section on pornography puts a spotlight on the malfunctions of "filtering" software.
I wish he said more about phishing scams, but it looks like he wrote before they caught on bigtime.
Don't worry about the length of the document. You can read each section on its own.
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Dr. Kabay writes clearly and plainly about specific threats to your wallet, your peace of mind, and the welfare of your children. He gives sound advice and a treasury of informative links for followup reading.
He covers everything from online hate groups to gambling sites, concentrating on common-sense non-technical solutions (like talking to your kids) and ethics. Yes, ethics. There's a lot of truth to "You can't cheat an honest man". Con games typically involve the victim in some apparently illegal scheme.
I was delighted by how balanced the advice is. For example, the section on pornography puts a spotlight on the malfunctions of "filtering" software.
I wish he said more about phishing scams, but it looks like he wrote before they caught on bigtime.
Don't worry about the length of the document. You can read each section on its own.
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