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Security Education - Workshops and Articles

Real Estate Information Security Essentials Workshops

These workshops provide FREE, hands on practical security education for MLS, association, and broker IT staff, consultants and vendors - sponsored by NAR. The mornings start out with non-technical materials, and the sessions grow more technical over the course of the afternoon, so the sessions accommodate both less technical and technically-oriented attendees. Past workshop locations have included Washington DC, Dallas, Orlando, San Diego, San Jose, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Detroit, St. Paul, Chicago, Denver, Birmingham, and New York. Upcoming workshops include:

"I really enjoyed the workshop and took away a lot of great information from it. You don't have to be particularly technical to absorb the concepts and general ideas. I thought the tools on the thumb drive were such a nice touch! It was well worth my time."
- D. Smith, Broker Owner

"Thanks again for your security class, it was great!"
- E. Sowar, Director of IT

"This is an important event that should be made available to every designated broker and office manager who are paid subscribers."
- H. Edwards, Broker/Manager

Security Articles

Clareity Consulting is stepping up its ongoing efforts to improve information security in the real estate industry by providing security-related articles for real estate organizations to include in their newsletters and for use in training staff how to improve information security. There is no cost to reprint these articles in your newsletters or on your website, but please to do so.

The latest articles:

Mobile Device Security: Best Practices and Tools
Summary: Mobile device information security risks can be lowered using practices and tools.
Secure Computer and Mobile Device Disposal
Summary: How to remove sensitive information from old computers and other devices before getting rid of them.
Encryption for Real Estate Professionals
Summary: Real estate professionals handle a lot of personal and confidential information and encryption is an important tool for keeping that information safe
Reducing WordPress Blog Hacking Risks
Summary: Wordpress updates, configuration and plugins key to reducing your hacking risk
You Use Cloud Computing - Is it Secure?
Summary: Understanding and managing cloud computing risks

Additional articles:

How You Are Affected By Consumer Privacy and Info Security Laws?
Summary: What information do you store that may be sensitive and subject to info security and breach notification laws?
Information Security for Non-Geeks
Summary: Physical security is an important part of information security - and you don't need a 'geek' to help with this.
Business Owner Oversight of Information Security
Summary: Information security starts with management taking responsibility for it, beginning with a security assessment.
When Your Web Site Betrays Your Client
Summary: Why you need to make your web site hard to 'scrape'.
A Dangerous Chat: How Hackers Can Abuse Your Trust (longer article version)
Summary: Before installing software on your computer on request or disclosing sensitive information over the phone or via email, it is important to verify the identity of the person making the request and their need to know.
The Human Element of Information Security (longer article version)
Summary: This article is about the importance of good management practices and information security policies in improving information security practices. It is written for executives and management staff of MLSs, associations and other real estate organizations and businesses.
Limiting Internet Use to Protect Your Company
Summary: The most innocent employee activities can have the worst security consequences for employers, and uncontrolled Internet use is a perfect example of this.
PCI Compliance and You
Summary: Whether your own business accepts credit cards or you give your own card information to others, you should be aware of "PCI Data Security Standards".
Single Sign On Technology Making Your Life Easier
Summary: New tools, sponsored by NAR and created by Clareity Security, will make your life easier.