ISACA Offers Security Tips for Safer Online Holiday Shopping From the Office

Survey Shows Employees Plan to Spend Nearly Two Full Days Shopping Online at
Work
NEW YORK--(Business Wire)--
Cyber Monday, one of the busiest days of the year for online shopping, is
quickly approaching (Nov. 30), and a new national survey from ISACA shows
employees plan to spend the equivalent of nearly two full work days shopping for
the holidays using work computers, creating personal and business security
risks.

"Online shopping can open the door to viruses, spam and phishing attacks that
invade the workplace and cost enterprises thousands per employee in lost
productivity and potentially millions in destruction or compromise of corporate
data," said John Pironti, a member of ISACA`s Certification Task Force and chief
information risk strategist at Archer Technologies.

The ISACA survey findings are available at www.isaca.org/news. ISACA is a
nonprofit, independent global association of 86,000 information technology
professionals.

Tips for companies include:

1. Educate employees. Blocking sites can do more harm than good, causing
employees to seek out less secure ways to get around your blockade.

2. Get employees on board with learning by teaching them how to protect their
work and home computers.

3. Reinforce what you teach by having employees sign an acceptable-use policy
every year.

4. Offer a "safe zone" for holiday shopping-create a virtual sandbox that can be
taken down after the holidays.

5. Don`t wait until Cyber Monday to step up security. Many employees begin
shopping much earlier.

Tips for online shoppers include:

1. Use your desktop PC, not your mobile device, because your desktop browser is
likely to be more secure.

2. Protect sensitive information by password-protecting both your mobile device
and its memory card.

3. Update your anti-virus and anti-malware programs continually.

4. Treat social networking sites with the same caution as other web sites-they
are a growing target for fraudsters and virus writers.

5. Be cautious of special offers from unfamiliar sites. Fake online offers and
coupons may lead to harmful sites, so be suspicious.

Note:

Cyber Monday is Nov. 30 and a new survey shows employees will engage in risky
online shopping at work. IT experts are available to discuss tips to protect
against security breaches and safeguard data.

For interviews or information, contact:
Marv Gellman, Ketchum
646.935.3907, marv.gellman@ketchum.com
Kristen Kessinger, ISACA
847.660.5512, news@isaca.org

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