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Its not really Halloween without watching “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown”.

Why you should read your kids email.

If you work in Corporate America there is about 100% chance that someone monitors your internet and email activity.

If you have a kid at home there is only a 32% chance that you monitor what they do on the internet.  I’d also be willing to bet a majority of that 32% thinks being friends with their child on Facebook is monitoring.

I have heard all the excuses on why not to monitor what your kids do online but here is the homerun on why you should. 

The 58 year old principal at your 14 year old daughter’s school emailing her this:

“Hey sweetheart … I really liked having you ride shotgun next to me Friday night… It was very special for me for you to take that spot in the front seat,” he wrote. “I love you and my only task right now is taking care of you.”

The moms answer on how she stumbled on to this is really sad:

“Otherwise, I probably wouldn’t have seen them, because I don’t go in and check them.” 

As the kids these days say SMH!

I hope at some point it isn’t uncool to monitor what your kids do online.

This is an awesome Halloween commercial from MidWestComputech. I am sure they want you to buy a new firewall or a spam filter but a real security awareness program is what this office needs.

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Today’s old time horror story is Ghost Hunt by Suspense.  One of my favorites.

My horror show for today is The House In Cypress Canyon by Suspense. This one is really good.

Save Yourself From Yourself Online…

This afternoon I was able to give a little 15 minute talk at the Mid-Missouri Young Professional Summit on Security Awareness.  I gave a fun little talk called Save Yourself From Yourself Online (SlideShare of the PPT).

My Tips Were:

1. Be smart with your smart phone.
2. Use great passwords.
3. Never reuse passwords.
4. Always use two factor authentication when available.
5. Keep your computer up to date.

I had a blast giving this talk and would love to be able to give a talk like this to your group or organization.

TheHorror314

Here is another horror favorite today, this time its Cat’s Cradle by the Price Of Fear.

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My second old time radio horror story for Halloween. The Thing On The Fourble Board by Quiet Please.

#BSIDESMO

Friday I hosted BSIDESMO at the Capitol.  We had about 80 people show up for a day full of good talks.  To be honest it was more work, more fun and ran way smoother than I thought it would for the first time I have done something like this.

I learned:
An ounce of planning is worth more than a pound of running around looking for a DVI to VGA cable.

The security community is a real community. I heard “Is there anything I can help you with” at least 50 times Friday.

People told me:
They loved the venue of the capitol.

They loved that the talks were practitioner focused. It worked great for area and the group of people who showed up.

They loved that it was free.

What went wrong?:
They didn’t like that the pizza was 30 minutes late.
(Hungry security people can get surly!)

I didn’t put enough thought into the registration process.
(Apparently we do need stinkin’ badges.)  

I didn’t have enough diet soda or mountain dew.
(Is there ever enough?)

What to work on:
Talk scheduling was the one complaint I heard. It was along the line of “I would have liked to have seen both of these talks”. 

Hold a pre-conference social time for those coming in the night before and leaving after the last talk.

Find a way to build value for the sponsors and the attendees without commercializing the event.

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I am going to try to post one of  my favorite old time horror episodes from relicradio.com everyday until Halloween.  This is my first one its called LOT 132.  Its really worth 30 minutes. 

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