Web talks that I am doing

As an IT professional, you deal with securing operating systems, patching software, and installing and configuring firewall and routers on a daily basis," said Ferron. "But what about the physical infrastructure? Do you understand how simple techniques can allow theft of your company resources? In this webinar, we will discuss one of the most important yet least-considered areas of security by IT professionals."

Webinar: Understanding Cyber Security Physical Security

Live Presentation: Wednesday, December 1, 2010, 12:00-1:00 pm EST

Ferron will also host "Understanding Cyber Security Patch Management" at 12 pm EST Wednesday, December 15. In this hour-long webinar, attendees will examine the area of systems management that involves acquiring, testing, and installing appropriate patches to administered systems.

"In this session, we will develop an actual process to secure hardware and software systems using a fictional company," said Ferron. "We will discuss automated systems versus manual systems, as well as incorporating virtualization and an audit process for patch management."

Webinar: Understanding Cyber Security Patch Management

Live Presentation: Wednesday, December 15, 2010, 12:00-1:00 pm EST

Register for Understanding Cyber Security Physical Security and Understanding Cyber Security Patch Management on the Global Knowledge web site. Recorded versions will also be available.

Browser Has Been Hijacked ?

  • Home page or other settings change on your computer. Links are added that point to websites that you’d usually avoid.
  • You can’t navigate to certain web pages, such as antispyware and other security software sites.
  • A seemingly endless barrage of ads pops up on your screen.
  • New toolbars or Favorites are installed that give you icons and links to web pages that you don’t want.
  • Your computer runs sluggishly. Malicious software can slow down your computer.

The following six tips can help restore your browser’s settings:

  1. Stop cascading pop-up windows. If endless pop-up windows appear on your screen, you’ll probably want to stop them first. To do this in Microsoft Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, or Windows 2000 while using Internet Explorer:
    • Press CTRL+ALT+DEL, click Task Manager, and then click the Processes tab.
    • Click IEXPLORE.EXE, and then click the End Process button.

    This closes all instances of Internet Explorer. Then you can re-open the program to continue browsing as usual. To help prevent future attacks, you should also have a pop-up blocker turned on.
    To turn on the pop-up blocker in Internet Explorer 8 click the Tools button (the gear icon), point to Pop-up Blocker, and then click Turn On Pop-Up Blocker.
    To turn on the pop-up blocker in Internet Explorer 7:

    • Click Tools menu, click Internet Options, and then click the Privacy tab.
    • In the Pop-up Blocker box, select the Block pop-ups check box. Click OK.

    If you still experience the other effects of a hijacked web browser, try the following:

  2. Install Microsoft Security Essentials or another antivirus and antispyware program. Microsoft Security Essentials is free software that will help protect your computer from malicious software such as viruses or spyware. Many browser hijacking programs can be identified and removed by downloading, installing, and running Microsoft Security Essentials or a similar tool.
  3. Run the Malicious Software Removal Tool . This can catch some, but not all, kinds of hijacking software.
  4. Reset Internet Explorer settings. If you’re using Internet Explorer and your home page has been changed, you can often reset it yourself.
    Note If you use Microsoft Security Essentials, Forefront Client Security, Windows Defender, or the Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool and these tools have detected and removed hijacking software from your computer, these tools might change your home page and your search page to help protect against the malicious software.
    For more information and step-by-step instructions, see How to restore your Internet Explorer home page and search page preferences.
  5. Disable add-ons. Many browser hijackings come from add-ons, also known as ActiveX controls, browser extensions, browser helper objects, or toolbars. These items can improve your experience on a website by providing multimedia or interactive content, such as animations. However, some add-ons can cause your computer to stop responding or display content that you don’t want, such as pop-up ads.
    To learn how to disable add-ons in Windows Vista or Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), read How do browser add-ons affect my computer?
  6. Get more help.  call 1-866- PC safety
  7. go online to  Here let system try and fix these issues for you.

This is a combo of article posted on the Microsoft site.

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Windows 7 in a Nutshell – User talk

I will be presenting in Florida a talk on Windows 7  At BARC

The BARC Meeting starts at 7:30 PM, Program is Windows 7 in a Nutshell Tuesday, October 12, 2010, 7:30 p.m., at the Davie Police Department

Davie Police Department
1230 South Nob Hill Road in Davie Florida.

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This will be located on the S.E. corner of State Road 84 and South Nob Hill Road.  The Entrance to the building is located on the East side of the building.

Tuesday, October 12, 2010, 7:30 p.m., at the Davie Police Department

Jay Ferron, N4GAA  will be presenting Windows 7 in a Nutshell for end users, please come and enjoy. Come learn about Microsoft Windows 7, the newest desktop operating system. Get an understanding of what is new, what improvements are in Windows 7, what hardware requirements you will need to run this OS. See the new user interface, security features, and much more.

Windows 7 introduces a breakthrough user experience and is designed to help you feel confident in your ability to view, find, and organize information, and to control your computing experience.

When you start using Windows 7, you will recognize familiar elements such as the Start menu, which is now faster, more streamlined, and more helpful than in previous versions of Windows. The Start menu features an integrated desktop search

through a new feature called Quick Search, which can help you find and launch almost anything on your PC. Just type in a word, a name, or a phrase, and Quick Search can find the right file for you. But more than that, the new Start menu makes clip_image002it very easy for you to navigate across all of the installed applications on your PC. Learn the new desktop tricks that make it easier to work with multiple documents.

Jay Ferron bio  is currently president of the Association of Personal Computer User Groups (APCUG), a global board director of GITCA, and board member of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association-CT. He is also a self proclaimed geek who has authored; Architecting Microsoft Server Virtualization Solutions with Hyper-V™ and System Center Virtual Machine Manager; Smart Computing Magazine (assorted articles on Microsoft Technologies) • Subject Matter Expert for Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager Course MOC Course 6064a.  His interest include that he is involved with the American Red Cross National Headquarters Emergency    response team dealing with computing and communications in a disasters. I have hobbies of RC Helicopters and Magic. Jay also holds an Extra Class Amateur license.

NOTE:  Jay will be raffling off two (2) Window 7 Ultimate operating systems. So, please plan on attending this meeting.

Windows 7 in a Nutshell – User talk

Thursday, October 7, 2010, 7:00 p.m., White Plains Middle School, Room 261, White Plains, NY

I will be presenting Windows 7 in a Nutshell for end users, please come and enjoy. Come learn about Microsoft Windows 7, the newest desktop operating system. Get an understanding of what is new, what improvements are in Windows 7, what hardware requirements you will need to run this OS. See the new user interface, security features, and much more.

Windows 7 introduces a breakthrough user experience and is designed to help you feel confident in your ability to view, find, and organize information, and to control your computing experience.

When you start using Windows 7, you will recognize familiar elements such as the Start menu, which is now faster, more streamlined, and more helpful than in previous versions of Windows. The Start menu features an integrated desktop search through a new feature called Quick Search, which can help you find and launch almost anything on your PC. Just type in a word, a name, or a phrase, and Quick Search can find the right file for you. But more than that, the new Start menu makes it very easy for you to navigate across all of the installed applications on your PC. Learn the new desktop tricks that make it easier to work with multiple documents.

Jay Ferron, our presenter, is currently president of the Association of Personal Computer User Groups (APCUG), a global board director of GITCA, and board member of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association-CT.

The talk is being done for,http://www.wpcug.org/ .

WPCUG is a nonprofit group located in Westchester County New York. WPCUG’s goal is to increase the computer knowledge of our 300 members. The Main Meetings are held once a month. They have over 20 Workshops that meet on a regular basis and discuss everything from beginner topics to the latest in programming languages. Please join them!

CompTIA Breakaway 2010 session on Security Practices radio show

Here is a link to a radio show that I did at CompTIA Breakaway event. I had a interview with Sharon Fry the co-host of Computer Outlook. This is a radio show that is broadcast on radio, streamed on the internet. The Show cover lot of technology trend… Their web site is http://www.computeroutlook.com. to listen to the interview click here and look for;

CompTIA Breakaway 2010
Sharon Fry – Show Co-Host
Jay Ferron – Security Practices – Global Knowledge Training Centers and President – APCUG

 

LinkedIn Phishing Security ISSUE

Warning there is a new problem with  some LinkedIn e-mails they could be a  phishing attack, here an example.

 

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Look like you get a message form LinkedIn, but really is a hidden link to a site that will try and install malware.

To check message right click on link and see where url links to.

 

 

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Microsoft Security Essentials for Small Business for Free

 

Information taken From the Microsoft site

Beginning in October, owners of small businesses like the bike shop above can download and use Microsoft’s award-winning antimalware service Microsoft Security Essentials for free.

“Small-business owners just want to concentrate on running the business, without worrying about PCs going down,” says Jeff Smith, director of Marketing for Microsoft Security Essentials. “We talk to lots of small-business customers every day, and we understand that security is a top priority.”

The problem is, most security products for the business world were designed with larger companies in mind. From a small company’s perspective, high-end security suites are an unwieldy technology to manage — complicated, expensive and time-intensive.

“For small-business owners, just getting the business up and running is a full-time job,” Smith says.

For this reason, Microsoft is announcing that beginning in early October, Microsoft Security Essentials will become free to use for organizations with up to 10 PCs.

Originally released last year for single-PC use at home, Microsoft Security Essentials was designed as a comprehensive security solution in a lightweight package. Smith says a growing chorus of requests prompted Microsoft to extend the service to small businesses.

“When we launched Microsoft Security Essentials last year, small businesses kept telling us that it was exactly the type of thing they need at work too,” says Smith. “What they really wanted from their antivirus software — inexpensive, quiet protection from a provider they can trust — were all things Microsoft Security Essentials could clearly Smith says Microsoft Security Essentials can be downloaded, installed and put to work with just a few clicks. Upon installation, it scans the PC to make sure it’s clean from the start. Once Microsoft Security Essentials is working, it downloads updates and schedules scans on its own.

Over the past year, the product has won awards and certifications from a number of independent agencies, such as ICSA Labs, West Coast Labs and PC Advisor, and last January, PC Advisor named Microsoft Security Essentials to its list of the “Best Free Software.”

Says Smith: “This is a full-featured, top-tier security solution that we’re offering to small businesses for free. You don’t need a credit card. It requires no registration, no trials, no renewals. It doesn’t collect any information. It runs well on older hardware. It’s easy to use, easy to get, and it’s from a trusted source. Basically, Microsoft Security Essentials just works.”

But if the product is so successful, why offer it for free? According to Microsoft’s internal research, although 80 percent of PC owners in the U.S. say they have the most up-to-date antivirus protection, in reality only half that many actually do. Often they have signed up for free trials or subscription-based services that have lapsed. Others are just using outdated versions of security software on older hardware.

Smith says these issues become more dramatic in developing economies, where not everyone has a credit card or broadband network access to download large files.

“We want the entire Windows ecosystem to be secure,” says Smith. “By making Microsoft Security Essentials so broadly available, everyone wins. And we think small-business owners are going to be really happy with what they get. This is just what the market needed.”

Microsoft Security Essentials is now available in 74 markets worldwide and 25 languages. To learn more about Microsoft Security Essentials and download the product for free, visit http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/.

 

Webinar Title – “Understanding Cyber Security Risk Management

Date – September 22, 2010 – Time – Noon – 1 PM ET this is a 1 hour session.

I will be presenting a webinar on risk management.

Cyber Security Risk Management is concerned with the process of managing or reducing potentially harmful uncertain events due to the lack of effective cyber security.

Global Knowledge introduced an exclusive four-part Webinar series devoted to the subject of Cyber Security, based on our recently announced hands-on cyber security course entitled Cyber Security Foundations.

In Part Two of this Webinar series, we will examine "Understanding Cyber Security Risk Management."  As a Security professional you need to understand the risks that affect your company.  This session will help you:

1.       Save company data

2.       Save the company reputation

3.       Save your job

Outline:

In this session we will cover the basic steps of:

How do you Identify business risks

How do you Identify business assets

· Risk Management

· Risk Management Process

· Threat Determination

· Risk Assessment

· Risk Management Lifecycle

To register for this Webinar, go to:  https://gkevents.webex.com/gkevents/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=667243492

 

Internet Explorer 9 Beta released

A IE 9 has a new new interface increases your viewing area, and enhanced integration with the Windows 7 operating system means you can pin websites and applications directly to the taskbar and create customized Jump Lists that put the tasks you use most often just one click away. And a robust set of built-in security, privacy, and reliability technologies makes browsing safer than ever.

Explore a more beautiful web.

 

Check out the hardware acceleration increase browsing speed,  check out web sites using HTML5 and advancements security in Internet Explorer 9. by trying the Beta.