Protecting your Online Identity

In 1988 the "Morris worm" crawled across the emerging internet and attacked computers and passwords. Since then, the internet has become the primary way many people work, socialise and even bank. Unfortunately, our computers and passwords are still under attack by worms and hackers every day. Fortunately, there are things we can do to keep our computers, our families and ourselves safe online.

This talk focuses on how people can stay safe on the modern internet. It will include simple strategies for how to keep your home computer safe, how to choose good passwords and how to detect when something suspicious is happening. It will also include a demonstration of how hackers break into computers and websites, in order to better understand the attacks that are reported by the media.

About the speaker:

Phil Rodrigues is the Information Security Officer for BT Hong Kong, responsible for security solutions for BT’s clients in Northeast Asia. He works with large accounts to secure their global networks in order to decrease their technical risk and increase their regulatory compliance.

Phil worked for BT Global Services in London for three years before moving to Hong Kong. His roles there included Principal Security Consultant in BT’s Global Banking group and Security Architect on the Unilever account. He originally joined BT as part of NET2S, which was acquired in 2008. He worked for NET2S in New York City, performing security tests and providing security advice to large banks and exchanges on Wall Street.

Prior to that Phil worked in the research and defense sectors. He was a Visiting Scientist at the US government-funded Computer Emergency Response Team at Carnegie-Mellon University as well as a Security Analyst at New York University and the University of Connecticut. He also served for 12 years in the US Army Reserves, first as a Military Police officer and then as an Information Operations analyst. He trained soldiers in Computer Network Attack and Defense and worked with the US National Security Agency and the US Military Academies to design and conduct nation-wide cyber-defense exercises.

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