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Date / Time: 7/18/2008 5:34 AM UTC

The Internet Will Never Be Secure... Make The Experience Of The Responsible CyberCitizen More Secure

Oleg's security career began at the University as part of a research group in Artificial Intelligence (AI). He was involved with the break-ins with AI. He was involved with voice recognition and encryption. Something Oleg said was an interesting observation, "the Internet is the management of phone lines and computers and both systems are insecure." Oleg was emphatic about one thing and that is the Internet will never be secure.

"Bill and I believe that trying to keep up with the cybercriminals is reactive and a chase after the fact. It makes more sense to be proactive, which is why we believe in empowering and teaching children and their families how to become "Responsible CyberCitizens". My first question is, “What comes to mind when you hear the phrase, Responsible Cybercitizen"? Oleg's comment was, "First of all, it's a very good term. Actually, when I’m talking about similar topics I usually use the term "Knowledgeable Internet User", but yours actually better describes what needs to be done in this regards."

A responsible cybercitizen is an individual who finds the time to educate himself/herself about the right and wrong way of using the Internet. An individual needs to understand how to use the Internet and also to instruct their children on the proper use of the Internet. Oleg equated the process of becoming licensed to drive a car to establishing a procedure to qualify and pass an examination for the proper use of the Internet. That is something Bill and I have brought up in the past. Like Oleg says, "We teach our children not to take candy from strangers and how to dial 911 but, we don't teach them how to be safe on the Internet." There needs to be some safety standard to evaluate the competency level before allowing our children to jump on and access the Internet without some level of safety..

A "Responsible CyberCitizen" raises the awareness of the right ways and wrong ways to use the internet.

What are the wrong ways to use the Internet? If you are on a website and just close the browser, you are leaving yourself and all your personal information on your computer open for hackers to use the same session and "cookie poisoning" to go to your accounts and use them. Be sure the sites you visit are secure. You will note a "https" in your web browser. If not all the information you send is visible to everyone else.

If you can predict your opponents move you can defend against it. This is one comment Oleg had to say about his involvement with martial arts. He also believes it sharpens his strategic skills in his performance when dealing with security issues. Like Brett Lechtenberg, a sixth degree black belt, who was our guest a couple of weeks ago also uses his skills to build character in children which The CyberHood Watch believes will ultimately translates into responsible cybercitizens.

Oleg's Russian Martial Arts defense system is based on the principal of the circle, which is the symbol of perfection in the Eastern philosophy. The circle is important because it is difficult to penetrate; it has to be direct and most attempts will only scratch the surface and be ineffective. Oleg applies these philosophies in his work. Two of the principles he uses is maximum effect with minimum effort and second is looking at the security system is close to the circle principal used in the Russian Martial Arts. By this Oleg means there are certain points that could allow a direct hit to the security circle, so you patch those areas to prevent the direct hit; they may scratch you but, they will not be effective.

Some of the future services that Oleg believes are on the horizon are online training and online education on anything you want to cover or learn about a particular subject. The quality and the interface of the classroom will be a improvement. Another service or trend will be related to online banking and the interfacing with its customers; better features, better custom reports, and comprehensive support functions to improve the communications with their clients. A final future trend will be firewalls and the security they will offer against malware.

If you’re starting an online business you need to find out what Oleg recommends for you and your customer to stay safe. You can find out what Oleg said at 23 minutes 35 seconds into the CHW radio show. Even if you have a firewall, anti-virus, or anti-spyware you still are not fully protected... learn more of Oleg says to do.

Managed Security Service; what is it? And what does Oleg think about the use of remote access and what his concerns are? Fast forward to 31 minutes and 46 seconds.

The Internet is a very dangerous weapon and could be more dangerous than a weapon of mass destruction because with the Internet almost every service is operated remotely and if you can penetrate those systems you can shut down entire cities, you can get access to any data bases you want. You can push the button that will lead the country to another war.

We can make a difference in securing the Internet and protecting our country. 41 minutes into the show.

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