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Email Insecurities

An Ethical Hacker’s View




                     Peter Wood
                 Chief Executive Officer
               First•Base Technologies
Who am I ?

 • Worked in computers & electronics since 1969
 • Founded First•Base Technologies in 1989
          (one of the first ethical hacking firms)
 • Primary roles:
          - Social engineer & penetration tester
          - Conference speaker
          - TV and radio security ‘expert’
          - Member of ISACA Security Advisory Group
          - ISACA Conference Task Force member
          - Expert at the Corporate Executive Programme
          - Chair of Advisory board at CSA UK & Ireland



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Poor email password?




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Poor email password?




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Data Loss Prevention?




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Data Loss Prevention?




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Data Loss Prevention?




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Where is your email stored?




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The consequences?




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Need more information?


              Peter Wood
           Chief Executive Officer
      First•Base Technologies LLP

           peterw@firstbase.co.uk
             Twitter: peterwoodx
           Blog: fpws.blogspot.com
            http://firstbase.co.uk
           http://white-hats.co.uk
            http://peterwood.com




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  • 1. Email Insecurities An Ethical Hacker’s View Peter Wood Chief Executive Officer First•Base Technologies
  • 2. Who am I ? • Worked in computers & electronics since 1969 • Founded First•Base Technologies in 1989 (one of the first ethical hacking firms) • Primary roles: - Social engineer & penetration tester - Conference speaker - TV and radio security ‘expert’ - Member of ISACA Security Advisory Group - ISACA Conference Task Force member - Expert at the Corporate Executive Programme - Chair of Advisory board at CSA UK & Ireland Slide 2 © First Base Technologies 2011
  • 3. Slide 3 © First Base Technologies 2011
  • 4. Poor email password? Slide 4 © First Base Technologies 2011
  • 5. Poor email password? Slide 5 © First Base Technologies 2011
  • 6. Slide 6 © First Base Technologies 2011
  • 7. Data Loss Prevention? Slide 7 © First Base Technologies 2011
  • 8. Data Loss Prevention? Slide 8 © First Base Technologies 2011
  • 9. Data Loss Prevention? Slide 9 © First Base Technologies 2011
  • 10. Where is your email stored? Slide 10 © First Base Technologies 2011
  • 11. Slide 11 © First Base Technologies 2011
  • 12. The consequences? Slide 12 © First Base Technologies 2011
  • 13. Need more information? Peter Wood Chief Executive Officer First•Base Technologies LLP peterw@firstbase.co.uk Twitter: peterwoodx Blog: fpws.blogspot.com http://firstbase.co.uk http://white-hats.co.uk http://peterwood.com Slide 13 © First Base Technologies 2011