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Welcome to the City of Seattle's Information Security Homepage!
Protecting the city's computing systems, computer networks and the
information that these systems host is critical for the successful
delivery of city services.
This website is designed to help you as citizens of Seattle or visitors to our site learn what you can do to
help protect against the many emerging threats found in today's computer and network environments both in the
workplace and at home.
Be on the Lookout!
Information Security bulletins about the latest threats to your computer security are now posted on our site.
We have decided that you, our subscribers, would be better served if we simply update this news bulletin with timely and
important messages as they arise. New and significant threats don't tend to wait until we have time to publish our
newsletter!
So, we will be posting new items as they arise and as we are able, and will only use email notifications if there is a
particularly dangerous threat. We will keep notices on this letter for about a week and then archive them.
You can find our newest information security news in our current
newsletter
NOTE: We now provide the ability to subscribe to an RSS feed. The summary above is being fed by that RSS system to
give you a preview of some of the items in the latest newsletter. Enjoy!
In case you don't know how to subscribe to RSS feeds and missed the tip where I gave instructions on how to do so - I've archived
that tip here.
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City of Seattle - Your Internet Safety Partner
New Cyber Security Mailing List
Newsletter with tips and stategies to stay safe
The City of Seattle's Office of Information Security (OIS) has setup a computer security mailing list. We will post
a periodic newsletter with cyber security tips and strategies to keep you safe on your work and home computers. We'll
also send out notices of critical new threats and information on how to protect yourselves.
If you would like to sign up for this new service, please click on the following link and then create a New User account.
Computer Security Mailing List
New Security Tip O' d'Week! - Google's Privacy Policies
In a recent article on CNN Tech.com Doug Gross talks about dealing with Google's new privacy policy:(How to prepare for Google's privacy changes).
He does a good job of explaining how you can take control of the information that Google is able to capture about you. Here are some of the main points - check out the full article for more information and step by step directions on how to follow his suggestions.
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Don’t sign in. Many of Google’s services – most notably search, YouTube and Maps – don’t require you to sign in to use them. If you’re not logged in, via Gmail or Google+, for example, Google doesn’t know who you are and can’t add data to your profile.
Remove your Google search history. Deleting your history will not prevent Google from using the information internally. But it will limit the amount of time that it’s fully accessible. After 18 months, the data will become anonymous again and won’t be used as part of your profile.
Clear your YouTube history..
Clear your browsing history on Google Chrome.
Gmail Chat. When you start a chat with someone, you can make the conversation “off the record.” Off-the-record chats will not be stored in your chat history or the history of the person with whom you’re talking. All chats with that person will remain off the record until you change the status.
And finally, one that he doesn't mention, Use the incognito browsing option in the Chrome browser.
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Last Updated: March 13, 2012
Website Contact:  David Matthews
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