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Regardless of history, places of residence, professional information less the information may restrict internet access pro- Members need to be aware personal privacy settings and family information. about or linked to their seem. The chain of com- vided to CAF members and of the risks inherent in employed, it is very easy Information shared via employment. Such infor- mand and DND manage- DND employees. Within making certain types of for an individual’s person- social media also includes mation or imagery, either ment teams have access generally well-understood information available to a al information to become commentaries and upload- individually or in combina- to expert advisors, such as risks, CAF members and wide audience using the readily accessible to the ed still and video imagery. tion with other informa- public affairs, security and DND employees are enti- internet, and of the mea- general public, including The personal security of tion, may provide expert intelligence staffs who can tled to communicate with sures they can take to less- undesirable audiences. CAF members and DND analysts with insights that provide advice if required. friends, family and col- en, if not prevent, such There has been consider- employees and their fami- can be used to conduct If a CAF member or leagues. risks. able information posted on lies is paramount. It is social engineering attacks DND employee is contact- However, particularly in There is a growing need the internet that provides incumbent upon everyone on CAF members and ed on social media by an a theatre of operations, the for CAF members and or allows access to per- to consider the poten- DND employees, exploit unknown person, he or she CAF chain of command DND employees to be sonal information pertain- tial for creating risk to possible avenues to com- is urged to decline or ignore has the authority to restrict mindful of the personal ing to CAF members and themselves, their fami- promise our networks, and the request or solicitation. access to the internet if information and imagery DND employees. These lies, their peers and the negatively impact both Furthermore, if malicious it is deemed essential to they share with the gen- postings include places of mission by publishing to operational and personal activity is suspected or maintaining operational eral public via social media employment, employment the internet personal or security. if unwanted attention is security. CAF members and DND received, CAF members Questions or comments employees must use dis- and DND employees are pertaining to this issue may cretion before publish- urged to report the behav- be directed to the Director ing employment related iour or incident to the General Defence Security information and imagery police having jurisdiction (DGDS) at: +dgds com- Protect your identity online to the internet regardless in their area. munications@vcds dgds@ More of us are shopping online over the Internet than ever before of how trivial or harm- It is not the intent to ottawa-hull. Protect your online identity/digital foot- account, etcetera, you must keep your print from being accessed by cyber-crimi- personal information secure. If your per- Email: Should you “unsubscribe”? nals through online scams. sonal information gets into the hands of a When you receive email you don’t software. Emails contain meta-informa- One common problem is phishing. These scammer, a profile could be quickly built want, solving the problem is as easy as tion that hackers can use to devise are emails masquerading as your financial and used against you. clicking “unsubscribe,” right? attacks. institution, requesting you to confirm your So, next time you shop online, be sure to Wrong. Sadly, those handy buttons 4. If your response opens up a browser password and financial securities by click- keep yourself safe. Smart choices will help may cause more trouble than they solve. window, you’re giving away even more ing a link they have provided. You need to protect you from cyber-criminals. Here are some factors to keep in mind: information about yourself; potential know that your financial institution would 1. When you unsubscribe, you confirm spammers learn information about your never send you an email like that. Here are some simple tips to protect to the sender that your email address is geographic location, your computer’s How can this be prevented? your online identity: valid and in active use. If the sender is operating system, and your browser. Use the delete key, and never click on • Password etiquette: Rank your password unscrupulous, the volume of email you The sender can also give you a cookie, the link. based on the sensitivity of the account. receive will most likely go up, not down. which means that if you visit any other We all have a digital footprint; a trail of Use a strong password which includes Worse, now that you’ve validated your websites they own (perhaps by clicking information we leave when we are trans- a combination of upper and lower case address, the spammer can sell it to his unsubscribe links in other emails), they acting online. A recent online poll indi- letters and numbers. The more complex friends. will be able to identify you personally. cated over 75 per cent of people surveyed your password the safer you are. 2. By responding to the email, you 5. And to make matters worse, if you are concerned about the information we • Links in email: Be wary of links in emails, confirm that you have opened and read visit a website owned by a spammer, are sharing online; however, almost half of even if the email looks like it’s from your it and may be slightly interested in you’re giving them a chance to install us do not know where our personal infor- bank or a long lost relative. Make sure the subject matter, whether it’s getting malware on your computer, even if mation is being stored. you know the sender before you click on money from a foreign prince, a penny you don’t click anything. These attacks, As we continue to share personal a link sent in an email. stock tip, or a diet supplement. At least, known as drive-by downloads, can be details on multiple websites, the major- • Use common sense: If a deal seems too that’s how spammers view the world. tailored to use exploits the spammer ity of us don’t even change passwords good to be true it probably is, or if an 3. In many cases, unsubscribing not knows you’re vulnerable to, thanks to between accounts. Whether it’s your email from a friend seems fishy then it is only confirms your address, but deliv- the information you’ve shared about email account, Facebook account, bank probably is a scam. ers lots of information about your email your operating system and browser. Winner of the BADM Security Awareness Week contest Lt(N) Carl-Alexander Marcoux receives a $100 gift certificate for CANEX from Base Administration Officer Cdr J.W. Golden. Lt(N) Marcoux’s name was randomly selected among the correct entries in the Base Administration Branch contest for Security Awareness Week. The contest encourage person- nel to test their knowledge in finding 10 Security Infractions, hidden in plain view, within a Mock/Simulation Workstation located in the Base Orderly Room. Base Administration Branch Unit Security Officer and Information System Security Officer, Suzann Boulet, launched Security Awareness Week with wide participation within the Branch. In addition to the contest, per- sonnel received daily security tips, links to short videos, quizzes, pamphlets and presentations. February 16, 2015 LOOKOUT • 3 How to deal with a new kind of bullying Katelyn Moores and can reach an unlimited audience, productivity, motivation and customer Navy Public Affairs it can be more distressing than tradi- confidence, costing thousands of dol- tional forms of bullying,” explains Dr. lars each year. To kick off this year’s anti-bully- Holfeld. So what can you do if you’re the ing campaign, the Maritime Forces Not only has cyber-bullying altered victim of cyber-bullying? First, con- Pacific Health and Wellness Team the experience of victims, but it has front the individual either directly or (MHWT) will be hosting “Cyber- also changed the profile of bullies.