E-Safety: How technology can protect us from technology

A talk on the technology behind E-Safety for parents of primary school-aged children.

Presented at Seabrook Primary School on 11th February 2014.
http://www.seabrookprimaryschool.co.uk/

Transcript

1. E-Safety
   How technology can
   protect us from…
   technology.
   Safer Internet Day 2014
   Seabrook Primary School
   

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2. Information Security Consultant
   Chris Cooper
   I work at SureCloud
   data, hackers, privacy,
   malware, identity theft, etc
   

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3. Problems
   Risks, threats etc
   Awareness
   Understanding you can share
   Controls
   Software, settings and services
   

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4. Children + the Internet
   Ability, exploration
   and curiosity
   vs
   Safety, caution
   and instincts
   

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5. Devices
   

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7. Risks
   Content Age-inappropriate – explicit, violent, hate speech
   Conduct Online behaviour and sharing personal info
   Contact with people who might bully, abuse or exploit
   Commercialism
   aggressive advertising
   and marketing
   Malware
   viruses, spyware,
   adware etc
   Personal Security
   preventing people
   from gaining access
   to you personal info
   

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8. A balanced approach:
   restriction vs freedom
   Dialogue
   

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9. Content
   

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10. Inappropriate
    Content
    Explicit, hate speech,
    racist, violent
    Websites, online games,
    mobile applications
    Deliberate or accidental
    access
    

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11. Filtering is
    hard,
    for a
    computer
    anyway
    

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12. ISP Parental Controls
    The four big UK internet
    service providers offer
    parental controls.
    

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13. Built-In Parental Controls
    Most “connected” devices now
    have their own parental controls.
    • Windows Parental Controls (Vista, 7, 8) – filter
    websites, enforce time limits, restrict games
    • Mac OS X Parental Controls
    • Games Consoles (Xbox 360/One, PS3/4, Wii/U)
    – game content, internet browsing, voice chat
    • Android – Google Play restrictions. (Some
    tablets now support restricted profiles.)
    • iOS – restrict apps, settings, content, websites
    

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14. 3rd Party Software Examples….
    Name Filtering
    Social
    Monitoring
    Time
    Restrictions
    App
    Control
    Devices Price
    Qustodio (free) £FREE
    Qustodio
    Premium
    £30-£50
    / YEAR
    Norton Family
    (free)
    £FREE
    Norton Family
    Premium
    £30
    / YEAR
    Bitdefender
    Parental Control
    £20
    / YEAR
    AVG Family
    Protection
    £30
    / YEAR
    +MOB
    

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15. Website Controls
    Some websites provide their
    own parental controls.
    YouTube safety mode, Google
    SafeSearch, 4oD parental control,
    iPlayer parental guidance lock,
    ITV Player PIN protection, Sky Go
    parental controls
    

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16. Conduct
    

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17. Inappropriate
    Conduct
    Losing control of the
    information you share
    

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18. Be aware of whoyou are
    sharing information with
    e.g. friends of friends…
    YOU
    

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19. Consider the purpose of
    the social network
    

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20. Privacy Settings
    Most social networks give you at
    least some control over who you
    want to share information with.
    If your child is old enough to use
    social networks, help them set
    these up correctly / reasonably.
    

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21. Social Monitoring
    Encourage conversation about
    your child’s activities on social
    networks.
    If desired, some 3rd party
    software can help you monitor
    social media activity.
    

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22. Contact
    

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23. Inappropriate
    Contact
    Bullying, abuse and
    exploitation.
    

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24. Lies are easy when
    you’re online
    

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25. Moderated Services
    Some services are moderated
    and much more child-friendly.
    Club Penguin is a good example,
    where staff are paid to supervise
    interaction and strict / smart
    content-filters are in place.
    

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26. Social Monitoring
    Encourage conversation about
    who you children are talking to
    online and what websites / apps
    they use to message others.
    If desired, some 3rd party
    software can help you monitor
    social media activity.
    

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27. Reporting
    • Child to an adult (you or a
    teacher)
    • CEOP – sexual abuse or
    harassment (www.ceop.police.uk)
    • BeatBullying – cyberbullying
    (http://www.beatbullying.org/)
    • Reporting inappropriate
    contact within apps/websites
    

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28. Everything Else
    

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29. Tips for commercialism, personal
    security and malware
    1. Install an ad-blocker (e.g. https://adblockplus.org/)
    2. Be wary when following links or opening files from
    untrusted sources. Go direct if possible.
    3. Always check for HTTPS (green padlock) when
    entering sensitive information into a trusted
    website.
    4. Try to keep your operating system (Windows) and
    software up-to-date, especially Java and Flash.
    5. Install anti-virus software and keep it up-to-date!
    (e.g. www.bitdefender.co.uk/solutions/free.html)
    

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30. Ultimately
    it all comes down to
    controlling exposure
    whilst still learning
    through experience
    

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31. Chris Cooper
    Information Security Consultant
    Thank You
    

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