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Show 12 Ktlop Air Force wews DoD agents continue chasing computer hackers ' You can be a security risk even if you do not work with classified files, have none on your computer and have no access to any. Hackers can launch net work attacks from unclassified computer systems, given the time and opportunity. And intelligence analysts are quite capable of drawing conclusions from bits and pieces of unclassified, seemingly unrelated information. Keep in mind that information does not have to be classified to be sensitive, Christy said Medical records, personnel records and personal address and phone books are not usually classified, but all contain data protected from public release by the Privacy Act of 1974. Good security, he said, means locking out all snoops, not just spies. Christy and company's growing business in security issues gives constant rise to another personal pricomputers. You have none. vacy on government-owneUncle Sam's machine, Uncle Sam's rules, Christy noted. "There is absolutely no privacy on a government computer," Christy said. "Every time you turn one on. you get a message that the government can and will monitor you; and if you sign in, that means you understand and agree. Always assume you're being monitored." Agency systems administrators are supposed to have the means to track every move made by every user in their realm. Literally. Every keystroke. Every mouse click. They can reconstruct any document you write, every Web site you visit, Christy said. Monitoring could be used to detect crimes and employee waste and abuse, but rarely is, he noted. More frequently, investigators and managers consult monitoring records to make or break cases after allegations surface other ways. Computer users can not claim a "probable-cause- " defense after being caught, he added, because they all agree to be monitored as a condition of access. ' by Steve Hara i WASHINGTON (AFPN) iM.iwe Department computer vfurity systems ;uh! specialists foiled nearly , in siht in 3 aiul 24.& 22,5X) would be intruder-- There is no "V Special Ajs'ent Jim Christy said he and others on his law enforcement stat t are in a growth business, chasing hackers and spies and running down other criminal activities. As representatives of the office of the assistant secretary of defense for command, control, communications and intelligence, they also counsel DOI) employees on being an effective first line of defense instead of the w eakest link When he discusses computer security. Christy said, he drives home that average folks are not exa cted to mount an ironclad defense. Rather, he stressed, they can do simple things that make life harder for bad guys and can stop doing simple things that make life easier for them. Here are some simple things that can help: Us- different passwords at Web sites and on every machine you use. Reject all site and system offers to "remember" you and your password. Bad guys know many people use just one password, so attacking an easily hacked site gives them "skeleton keys" to tough ones. attachments from people you Do not oM'n do not know, and do not oX'n them uncritically just because someone you do know supposedly sent them. lackers use attachments to inject viruses and other mischievous or malicious computer code into machines and systems. A common means to spread infections is by sending copies to everyone in a victim's address book using the victim's name. hg off or lock your workstation when you go on breaks or out to lunch. There is no Mint giving bad guys unfettered access d - 1 to your computer and network. Never use personal diskettes. Zip disks and the like on classified systems. Computers divide files and write them to disk in units called sectors. If the file's last sector is only partially filled, the machine tops it off with data randomly pulled from memory or hard drives. There is no way to know in advance where the information might come from, so writing and saving even your holiday greetings letter on a classified system is considered a security violation. that dares you to come The movie ' I t M ft FULL SERVICE SOLUTIONS EVAPORATIVE COOLERS REMEMBER: SAVE ON ALL SIZES Preventative Maintenance Works and Can $ave You Money!! Work Guaranteed Expert Installations Legs on All Jobs Financing Available All fTJgiking (1?A tin 'A iKZ&(7?.: il'i i in MMl Get ill to mmmvm My! Present This Ad and We Will: ' Road test your domestic car prior to service check for transmission leaks ' TAKE WAHTA6E MOW! 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