Raising Citizen Awareness
Of Information Security:
A Practical Guide
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Raising Citizen Awareness of Information Security:
A Practical Guide
by
Steve Wooding, Aarti Anhal and Lorenzo Valeri
September 2003
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Contents
Introduction....................................................................................................................... 1
Why Information Security Awareness?................................................................................. 3
What is This Guide for?.......................................................................................................3
What Is Information Security?..............................................................................................4
Different Audience, Different Viewpoints........................................................................... 4
Problems in the Virtual World........................................................................................... 4
Personal Computing........................................................................................................ 4
Connnection to the Internet.............................................................................................5
E-mail............................................................................................................................ 6
World Wide Web............................................................................................................6
e-Commerce..................................................................................................................7
Chat.............................................................................................................................. 7
Wireless Networks..........................................................................................................8
Mobile Phones................................................................................................................8
Before You Start......................................................