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Keep your systems protected..love you

9/20/2012  Patrick Dukart, Information Security Manager  Where are we now? Well, we are not in Kansas anymore. The hacker community diligently continues to seek vulnerabilities in computer systems as seen by the most recent attacks on Yahoo and Linkedin. These two incidents could have been prevented by using some simple security strategies. In the case of Yahoo, “it was a failure of password handling, not the weakness of the passwords themselves.” Yahoo had purchased a company, which used a database to store the passwords in clear text. The database had a known vulnerability which was exploited by the hackers. Chugach Alaska Corporation uses a secure technology from Microsoft called Active Directory to protect passwords using a one way encryption process called a HASH. “A HASH is a way of taking a variable-length password and creating a cryptic, fixed-length password from it.” HASH Password = 8be3c943b1609fffbfc51aad666d0a04adf83c9d 8be3c943b1609fffbfc51aad666d0a04adf83c9d = Password In the case of Linkedin, hackers were able to obtain the password HASH, which can be compared to HASH of a known password such as “password,” “wordpass,” etc. This emphasizes using a good password, since a HASH of an easy password will most likely be known and kept in a database known as a Rainbow Table. In both of these cases, implementing the policy of “Least Administrative Privilege” and “Network Monitoring” could have minimized and/or mitigated the vulnerability hackers used to gain access. At Chugach Alaska Corporation we have these strategies in place and continue to evaluate and improve the security posture based on risk, cost, and impact to the organization. We also require strong passwords, and routine password changes which help to buffer our security posture. As an individual, you can add additional layers of security by: 1) Using a UNIQUE username for each account (Facebook, Linkedin, Yahoo, etc) and a UNIQUE password. 2) CHANGE your password every 90 days 3) USE strong passwords 4) Keep your systems PATCHED routinely 5) Use ANTI-VIRUS, and keep it updated 6) BEE vigilant regarding unknown emails and strange emails. Reference: Check your password compromise for linkedin here: https://lastpass.com/linkedin/   Three Steps to avoid getting hacked like Yahoo: http://www.cio.com/article/711045/Three_Steps_to_Avoid_Getting_Hacked_Like_Yahoo

 

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Information Security Awareness - STOP, THINK, CONNECT

Good afternoon, please continue to exercise diligence in handling your cyber communications.  Malicious email, websites, and applications are ongoing and continue to be very creative in their delivery.  Please review and follow these simple tips for increased security; compliments of the National Cyber Security Alliance.

 

Stop.

Stop hackers from accessing your accounts - set secure passwords.

Stop sharing too much information - keep your personal information personal.

Stop - trust your gut, if something doesn’t feel right, stop what you are doing.

Stop and think about who can see the information you post online. Are you giving total strangers access to your information?

Stop any questionable online behavior. Only do and say things online that you would do in real life.

 

Think.

Think about the information you want to share before you share it.

Think how your online actions can affect your offline life.

Think before you act - don’t automatically click on links.

Think about why you are sharing information online. Is it going to be safe?

Think about why you’re going to the site. Did you get it from someone you trust?

Think about who you’re talking to online. Do you really know who they are?

 

Connect.

Connect over secure networks.

Connect with people you know.

Connect with care and be on the lookout for potential threats.

Connect safely and show your friends and family how to behave online.

Connect with people and sites you trust when you’re online.

 

For additional tips, visit the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA)

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From The Secret Daily Teachings

A Secret Scrolls message from Rhonda Byrne Creator of The Secret From The Secret Daily Teachings Begin your day by feeling grateful. Be grateful for the bed you just slept in, the roof over your head, the carpet or floor under your feet, the running water, the soap, your shower, your toothbrush, your clothes, your shoes, the refrigerator that keeps your food cold, the car that you drive, your job, your friends. Be grateful for the stores that make it so easy to buy the things you need, the restaurants, the utilities, services, and electrical appliances that make your life effortless. Be grateful for the magazines and the books that you read. Be grateful for the chair that you sit on, and the pavement that you walk on. Be grateful for the weather, the sun, the sky, the birds, the trees, the grass, the rain, and the flowers. Thank you, thank you, thank you!   May the joy be with you, Rhonda Byrne The Secret... bringing joy to billions

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Daily Secret

A Secret Scrolls message from Rhonda Byrne
Creator of The Secret

 

From The Secret Daily Teachings

There is a difference between feeling gratitude and appreciation for something, and feeling attachment to something. Appreciation and gratitude are states of pure love, while attachment contains fear - fear of losing or not having what you are attached to. When it comes to something you want in your life, appreciation and gratitude attracts, and attachment pushes away. If you are feeling afraid that you will not get what you want, or losing what you have, then you have attachment.

To remove the attachment, keep shifting yourself into a state of appreciation and gratitude, until you can feel that the fear has gone.

 

May the joy be with you,

Rhonda Byrne
The Secret... bringing joy to billions

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Check out my new AVON eBrochure! C14

Check out my new AVON eBrochure!: Hi Everyone! Here's a sneak peak at some of the latest products available in my Avon eBrochure. Be sure to click

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Try to guess in the first few frames what this is made from .....before you see at the end! Flip flops!! This is amazingly brilliant and artistic! -------------------------------------------------------------------   Bet you will never be able to figure out how this was achieved. 3,604 cups of coffee which have been made into a giant  Mona Lisa painting in Sydney, Australia..  The 3,604 cups of coffee were each filled with different amounts of milk  to create the different tones and shades!

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THIS GUY WAS TEXTING HIS GIRLFRIEND (NO JOKE)

This is VERY graphic!!!!!!     Please send this to someone you love, and friends, about the hazards of texting while driving....this gets right to the point, and if it disturbs you...good!   Go ahead and keep texting.   When we were in Gainesville, Fl Wednesday we saw several young girls driving while texting. This was near Shands hospital and near the plaza where Lowes and other places are. heavy traffic.  You may want to stop looking before the flashing lights. I have sent this to a select few who know people who text all the time. Try an instill the point with this set of graphic photos in their mind       If you look at this, you'll never text or ushile driving again!!! THIS IS WHY YOU SHOULD NOT BE TEXTING OR USING YOUR CELL PHONE WHILE DRIVING. This is the last few feet of a car that hit a semi head on!! This guy was texting a friend when he crossed the center line!!!! THIS IS WHY...     AND THIS .... AND THIS ... AND THIS ... AND ESPECIALLY THIS ... WE'RE NOT DONE YET... But If you have a weak Stomach you might reconsider scrolling down any Further.                                             This is not the way you want your picture to be taken. Every time you make a call or pick Up the phone while driving, think about how this guy's day ended. STAY OFF THE PHONE! HANG UP AND DRIVE, OR PULL OFF THE ROAD!!!

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Secret Scrolls

A Secret Scrolls message from Rhonda Byrne Creator of The Secret   From The Secret Daily Teachings You must be happy now to bring happiness into your life through the law of attraction. It's a simple formula. Happiness attracts happiness. Yet people use so many excuses as to why they can't be happy. They use excuses of debt, excuses of health, excuses of relationships, and excuses of all sorts of things as to why they can't use this simple formula. But the formula is the law. No matter what the excuse, unless you begin to feel happy despite it, you cannot attract happiness. The law of attraction is saying to you, "Be happy now, and as long as you keep doing that, I will give you unlimited happiness."   May the joy be with you, Rhonda Byrne The Secret... bringing joy to billions

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