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Internet & your information

Presented by Marsha Bazile

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About me

  • Senior IT Auditor at RCGT
  • Specialized graduate degree – Governance, Audit and IT Security
  • BAA in Accounting

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Table of contents

How secure is our information?

What you can do

Corporate responsabilities

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Is our information secure?

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Your answer

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Is your information secure ?

  • No
  • Things can be done in order to minimize the risks

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Corporate� responsabilities

What they do

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Data breaches

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https://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/worlds-biggest-data-breaches-hacks/

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Data privacy Day & Week

  • Data privacy day : January, 28th
  • Commemorate the 1981 signing of Convention 108
  • First legally binding international treaty dealing with privacy and data protection
  • In more recent years, more of a week to raise awareness

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Source : https://www.priv.gc.ca/en/about-the-opc/what-we-do/awareness-campaigns-and-events/data-privacy-week/

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Regulations

  • Europe
    • General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
  • Canada
    • The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA)
  • Quebec
    • An Act to modernize legislative provisions as regards the protection of personal information, SQ 2021, c 25 (Act 25)

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PII

  • Personal identifiable information (PII)
    • Information that identifies you
    • Or partial information combined together that can identify you

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What can you do

To minimize the risks

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What can you do

  • Use complex password
  • Use a password manager
    • Respond to password fatigue known phenomenon
    • Tool to test your password strength

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Can you guess the most common unsecure passwords?

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Password

123456

123456789

# 1 - All countries

# 2 – All countries

# 3 – All countries

Source : https://nordpass.com/fr/most-common-passwords-list/

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123456

password

54321

# 1 – Canada

# 2 - Canada

# 3 - Canada

https://nordpass.com/fr/most-common-passwords-list/

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What can you do

  • Avoid public wifi when processing sensitive data
  • Update your devices (OS, application, …)
  • Avoid sharing personal information

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Thank you!

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