Social engineering is a technique used by hackers for gaining sensitive information about the system. It is done by tricking employees for gaining access to restricted information. Social Engineering is used at the time of penetration testing engagement for the clients, when the social engineer is defined in the statement of work and test plan. Statement of work is the legal contracts existing between client and penetration testing firm for executing particular work plan within the deadlines. After gaining, the legal authorization from the clients, objectives, and scope of social engineering are defined.

Testing starts by a basic research about the company available at their website. Basic understanding of the services and products, including the help desk numbers, executives in charge, locations of the company, information regarding operating system is reviewed. If the hacker becomes aware of the type of help desk systems running, he can conveniently target the attacks based on the applications. These hackers usually pose as company’s employees in the authoritative roles. For protecting a company’s IT information, Information Security Training is necessary.

With Information Security Training, a company’s employees can gain experience and knowledge for combating all threats to safety of information. The important information of the company is safeguarded from different types of attacks. This is a comprehensive training for the people who want to pursue their career as security training officials or the ones who are brushing their skills.

Your company can relish many benefits by providing Cyber Security Training to the employees. The first and foremost benefit is that of confidentiality. With this type of training, you can be sure that sensitive information is being accessed by the people with proper authorization. The trained staff will ensure that there is no security breach due to mishandling of data. Your company can also safeguard completeness and accuracy of data as well as the way in which it is processed.

With the cyber security training, your employees will make sure that only authorized users have access to the important data of company. They will deliver, store and process the confidential and important data responsibly. Presence of various departments in a company, calls for protection of information in every possible way. Information Security trained staff will ensure that internal information is not shared to unauthorized people. These trained people will be responsible for protecting the confidential data and assets.

Due to comprehensive and intelligent security controls and training, you can easily get away from the risks of social engineering. Even though there is plethora of social engineering attacks, your trained personnel can handle them with ease. Keep the nightmares of unauthorized accesses at bay, as information security training will make your staff equipped with various techniques to deal with such situations. If you do not want to be a part of vicious circle of preparing insecure solutions, security training should be imparted to the employees. This training will let the company avoid major vulnerabilities with ease. Shell out money for security training now so that you can be benefited in the long- run.

Mobile GPS tracking has huge implications for personal safety.  In the past, if a person became lost in an unfamiliar area, or was abducted, search and rescue was a hit-and-miss enterprise, at best.  Authorities would have to use the best available information in an attempt to deduce where the missing person was located—and, frequently, the best available information wasn’t good enough.  Now, with the advent of GPS-aware smartphones, many of us carry powerful tracking devices in our pockets on a day-to-day basis.  Despite this, few companies have fully leveraged the potential of mobile GPS tracking for personal safety.  Fortunately, My 911 Global Services, a global provider of mobile, GPS-based personal tracking and safety solutions, has stepped into the breach.

My 911′s service offering goes far beyond standard mobile GPS tracking.  Their product uses mobile GPS tracking as a platform for a suite of services designed to ensure the personal safety of any global traveler, no matter what the situation.

The core of My 911′s service offering is the “SOS” button.  When you install My 911′s mobile GPS tracking software on your smartphone, this button will become available for your use.  When you press it, your phone will automatically relay your location to My 911 headquarters, where an operator will immediately dispatch help to wherever you happen to be.  Even if you are outside your home country when you press the My 911 SOS button, your phone’s mobile GPS tracking technology will enable My 911 to automatically contact the appropriate authorities.  Armed with such a powerful digital life preserver, you’ll have nothing to fear, in any part of the world.

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Mobile GPS tracking safety solutions from My 911 are ideal for the global traveler who prefers to leave absolutely nothing to chance.  Why submit to risk of any kind when you already have a personal tracking device in your pocket?

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Rules for caution and personal safety in a trip abroad

 Wrote: Yair Bar-Zohar

Edited: Nitza Tzameret

Date: 11/01/2006, last update on 17/03/2010

There’s a great value for information regarding the personal safety of the traveler abroad. Some of that information is already in the internet, some other could be found in guidance books, while others are a product of personal experience that wasn’t brought to the public’s knowledge. In this article, for your convenience, I have gathered a lot of information supported by those sources. I tend to believe that an alerted traveler, one who takes care of several basic caution rules, won’t bump into special problems.

First recommendation: before you leave the country, have Israel’s embassy phone number in your destination country. You can get those numbers from a telephone book abroad, at the hotel’s reception or at the ministry of foreign affairs website. Remember that the embassies around the world help you issue a passport, give you an attorney confirmation, help you transfer money in case of an emergency, provide information regarding medical assistance, help you locate a missing person and create contact between families at home and the travelers abroad.

Before, during and after the flight

Seats: it’s recommended to sit 6 seats next to the plane’s hatch. Moreover, it’s recommended to sit near the pass and not near the window. This allows you to exit the plane quickly in case of an emergency. If you have a family, order the seats together, so that you’ll all sit next to each other. In case it’s impossible, ask other passengers to exchange seats with you, and even if it can’t be done and you have children with you, decide which parent is responsible for which child.

It’s recommended to fly with an airline company that has political relationship with your country, and avoid flying above countries that are hostile to Israel.

When you pack, check carefully your luggage’s content, don’t put in there anything you don’t know what it is.

Lock your luggage carefully before you enter the plane and don’t keep it without supervision until you give it away at the passenger’s reception.

If you happen to fall into a distress situation because you are an Israeli citizen, we advocate you turn to the plane’s crew and ask for protection.

During the flight, we recommend you keep your shoes on you and check your seatbelt.

Possible problems

Flight tickets stolen or lost: go to the airline company’s offices near you and fill out some forms. After that, you’ll pay a fine and receive a new ticket.

Equipment stolen or lost: go to the nearest police station, fill out a declaration form, and bring it back to the insurance company in Israel. Without that form, you won’t be able to receive a financial compensation.

Late for the flight: first of all, don’t panic. Go to your airline company’s desk at the airport. With a regular company and a regular ticket that you have paid full price without any restrictions, you’ll be able to convert it to a later flight. With a charter company, the situation is different, since they are not obligated to help/compensate, and you can only hope for the best.

When an airline company cancel/postpone a flight, you have the right to receive an alternative flight and for comfortable waiting arrangements. In case you wait for a long time, you can demand for an accommodation.

Your luggage got lost in the flight? Turn to the airline company’s section of lost and found and report about the loss. The company should equip you with some cash so that you can organize yourself. In any case, take a form that confirms that your luggage was lost, in order to be compensated by the insurance company later.     

Keeping the equipment, documents and valuable items save

Passport got lost or stolen: report to the police, and get a confirmation. You need to equip yourself with 2 passport pictures and some money and go to the Israel embassy with the confirmation. Fill out a deposition of your lost/stolen passport and apply forms to request for a new passport. If the passport had visas, you need to renew them in every embassy separately.

You should leave at home valuable jewelry or items. Expensive equipment or items that must be taken abroad could be kept locked in a special bag with a lock and with special cells. Take them out only when you have to.

Don’t leave expensive equipment without supervision in the hotel room or at the baggage of the car/bus.

There is no use in locking the equipment in the hotel room or tie it to the bed!           It’s recommended to use the safe in the hotel and leave: credit cards, passports, and anything valuable that you won’t need during the trip, inside.

Don’t leave the bag on the floor when you’re in restaurants, buffets or stores. Keep it at a place that will be difficult for thieves to reach.

Preparing to sleep in the car: you should locate yourself in parks that are meant for that and not in an isolated place. In any case, you should lock the bag with the equipment, tie the bag to the chair or put it near your body. And of course, lock the car.  

Avoiding unnecessary markings

You should remove any sign that might indicate that you’re Israelis/Jews.  It starts with not speaking loudly in Hebrew, or reading books or papers in Hebrew. Also, don’t wear domes, jewelry that’s related to the religion (Menorah, Magen David)  and don’t use tags with Hebrew letters on your luggage, a thing that might indicate that you’re Israeli tourists.

As a rule, don’t give out any unnecessary information about your trip plans.

Avoid noting your job or rank at the army or the security ministry.

Avoid taking part in a political debate with strangers.

Stay away from protests.

Money and Credit Cards

Don’t ever exchange money in the street and with a stranger that stands with you in a line to the money exchange office. Exchanging money should be done only in regulated and approved places and with the service giving clerk.

Don’t walk around with a wallet in the back pocket, and in any case, you should tie the wallet to a chain with a grip in front of the body.

Take your passports with you at all time. Don’t be tempted to keep it somewhere, not even in the hotel’s reception.

Before you enter your credit card to the ATM machine, check the entrance for the card. If you’ll see two clips, don’t enter your credit card there. The clips will prevent the card from entering the machine and it will fall into a small bag planted in there before. The machine will work automatically and demand your secret number, but the card will be caught in there, and you won’t be able to get it out ( after giving up, the stalking thieves will come back and take the credit card out with the right equipment).  

If you credit card was stolen or swollen by the ATM machine, contact the bank that accepts this card, or call the credit card’s center in Israel:
Leumi-Card: 972-3-6178800, Visa: 972-3-5726333, Isracard: 972-3-6364666. Making a new card will take a few days. If the card was swollen, go the bank where the machine is located.

Stuck with no accommodation: Try finding rooms in the expensive hotels because the chances to find an available room are high. Another possibility is to drive to the nearest town and find a hotel that is located in a distance of half an hour/ hour.

Safety rules in public places

We don’t recommend you to get inside a taxi that addresses you at the airport, and if you do, only after you’ve both agreed on the price in advance. You should pick a taxi yourself, a taxi that fits you, both in the airport and along the trip. Get inside a taxi that you have ordered yourself.

It is important to open your eyes for what happens all around you, avoid being in a place with a lot of crowd, beginning with the lobby and at the dining room of the hotel, and continuing with the streets, lines to the transportation stations, in halls and in the passages of the metro / busses / trains. Pay attention in the malls, restaurants and stairwells – it’s recommended to stand in an angle that allows you to see who’s standing before you and after you. At the moving stairs, keep a stair space.

Remember that in crowded places, there is a change thieves might be around. These destinations are preferred by thieves who work in groups.

If you noticed a person or a group of people stalking you, you might be under surveillance of thieves or a hostile factor. Do not hesitate, and go to the nearest police station or the nearest Israel embassy/consulate.

At any state, the policeman should be on your side. However, it is also very easy for the fraud artists to dress like police officers, and by so take your passports and money. How they do it? If you’re a tourist, you probably don’t know the local law enforcement’s uniforms, so it’s very easy to wear something that looks official.
With this system, the man who claims to be a police officer will tell you that there is a problem in the area with fake bills/passports and will ask for your wallet/passport , pretending to be someone that is giving you protection. Then, he will return your wallet, say that it’s fine, and by the time you’ll notice that your money is missing, he’ll be far away. Different variations of the same fraud also happen in train stations, road blocks, and official sites. Sometimes, they will take the wallet or passport and flee.

How to avoid being a victim? First of all, ask for a police certificate with and ID, and if you still have doubts, and he still asks for the wallet or passport, ask firmly to show it to him in an official place, like the police station, with the presence of other policemen, and I promise you that they will disappear. Never give your wallet or your passport to someone that you don’t know.

There are thieves that pretend to be tourists, walk around with maps in their hands, and look helpless. They ask you how to get somewhere and while you’re looking at the map or showing them how to get there, they pickpocket you or slice your bag and take all of its content without you noticing. Therefore it’s not recommended to walk with a bag pack or a bag that’s behind you, even if it’s locked. Keep it in the front every time you need to stop or talk. This way, you’ll have full control of your bag.

Take a camera or a cell phone with a camera with you anywhere you go, and make it available to you at any time (bag or glove compartment). In case you get robbed, you could picture the thief and submit a complaint against him at the police station.

In case you get robbed, obey the law enforcement officers in the country you’re at and don’t try to pretend to be wise, because you might get involved with unnecessary.

Avoid walking in dark side roads.

Be alerted to suspicious phenomena (weird behavior, suspicious artifacts).

Avoid prolong staying in a location that many Israeli tend to be.

Avoid taking a part in an attractive financial deal, even if the person is dressed in a suit and equipped with a laptop. Usually, they are crocks.

If you go to a pub, private club or something like that, it’s better to come with another person at least.

Doing some shopping? While you shop, make sure that you’ve got what you paid for.

Not once we ask for a total stranger to picture us, but the photographer disappears from the area. Check if he’s a local or a tourist. if he is, you shouldn’t ask him to picture you.

Complaining in a foreign police

Due to the difficulties of the language, communication and the different culture, complaining at the local police station is actually useless, and might make you stop your trip or delay it.

Rented car thefts

If the car you’ve rented got stolen, damaged or have been in an accident: report to the local police and get a confirmation. Don’t forget to fill out the forms for the rental company (you’ll usually find it in the glove compartment).

These are the common examples for car thefts scenarios:

The thieves open the driver’s door with force, while standing in a red traffic light, and then, with threats or by force, throw the driver out of the car and drive away from the scene. The solution: locking the car until you reach your destination.

Hitting the car from the back, and while the driver starts to comprehend what’s going on, they open the driver’s car, throw him out of his seat and drive away. Therefore you must lock the car at all time, and not hurry to get out of the car and response. You should response only if the hitting driver is been identified as not suspicious (if he’s hurt or he doesn’t flee).

The robbers wait in junctions, ask for a ride and then enter the car by force. The solution: don’t take hitchhikers.

The robbers approach the car with weapons, threaten the driver, and then steal the car (best case scenario).

If you’re in the car driving, and somebody’s signals you that he has a flat tire, or tells you to stop at the side of the road, avoid doing so in a deserted location. Keep on driving till you reach a gas station or a bus station. Your primary objective is to stay away from the person who told you to stop, because he might be a road robber.

There are those who start talking to you in the native language, and then another person come and open one of the doors or the baggage, and steals all the bags. Therefore, it’s recommended to lock the doors and the baggage as well, and not to speak with anyone you don’t know.

When you park the car at the street or at the parking lot, cover the equipment as much as you can in order not to draw special attention to the thieves.

In case the luggage is in the car, make sure they cannot be seen from the outside.

When you leave the car, never leave the engine on, even if it’s for a short time or even if someone stays in the car. For your information, the insurance will not be valid if you leave the car keys inside the car. For any reason you must leave the car, shut down the engine, take the keys, and lock the car.

You must insure that the car is locked when you park.

Staying at the hotel

Be sure to lock the door, while you’re in the room (shake the door).

Don’t let any unidentified person enter your room.

Avoid staying at shady places, even if the price is relatively cheap.

Don’t accept or open packages or gift that you don’t know who sent them to you.

Try to remember the status of your belongings when you leave and enter your room.

When you leave the hotel, keep the luggage locked. Make sure they are in the same state you left them in.

When you arrive to the hotel, look for the nearest emergency passages and exits.

Medicines, drugs, and prostitution services – a serious warning

Medicines: in India and Thailand, the codeine, found in cough medicines, is considered as a drug, and you might get arrested for having it. Therefore, pay attention to the content of the drugs you have, and check with the local health ministry.

Drugs/Chemicals: in many of north-east Asia countries and South America, heavy punishments are given for using drugs. In Thailand, for example, you can be judged for a life sentence and even death punishment for possession commercial quantity of drugs. On the other hand, in many other places, the policy about easy drugs is total overlooking. If you decide to try – do it with responsibility and check what is the policy for it where you are, what the law says about it. Take in account that the laws vary from country to country and ignorance is more dangerous than the drugs.

Hallucination mushrooms: they are grown in the Far East and South America. Using them could be fatal and make an irreversible damage (losing any connection to the environment or even death). Don’t be tempted to take them as a part of a ritual or taste them, you don’t have any control of what you take. The assumption: “It won’t happen to me”‘, is completely false. Even if your friend took it and it did nothing to him, don’t take it. You don’t have any control of the quantity and the danger is very high.

Sun fader: this is a drink that causes hallucinations, which is made out of some kind of a cactus. One time sip might cause mental damages. Common in Bolivia.

Massage and prostitution services: I’m not here to judge anyone, but remember that having sex without a condom in south-east Asia and in Africa is very much like playing a known and dangerous game of a loaded gun filled with bullets.

Far East

General

Danger zones: for example, the border between Cambodia and Thailand is known as a very dangerous place and robbing on the road is a common thing there. Therefore, don’t go to dangerous or forbidden places.

Hitchhikers: don’t hitchhike with military cars and don’t ride during the night to remote places.

Water: don’t drink the water and don’t eat fruits/vegetables that were washed using tap water. The water in these places is very dangerous and drinking them might cause serious diseases.

Countries

Kashmir: the foreign office has published a statement to Israelis not to fly there (north India), you should listen to the warning.    

Tibetan plateau and the Altiplanu: these high places demand acclimatization to the area for at least three weeks. Add-ons, like iron pills could help, so as aspirin – this are wonder drugs to height sicknesses.

Africa

Countries

 Ethiopia: remember that the security situation there is not good, and the stories about kidnapped or robbed tourists there are true.

South Africa: the foreign office warns the tourists that crime is rising there. Tourists’ robbery is a common sight there. Therefore, you should drive carefully and on roads, both on road and in the down-town of the cities, especially near hotels.

South-America:

General:

Rafting: pay attention you sign some forms, stating that the company doesn’t take any responsibility for what happens to you, including accidents!

Bungee-jumping: in Peru, it’s illegal and usually the staff is not professional.

Countries:

Lima: the capital of Peru and especially the market at kusko are known as the home of the quick-hands (pickpockets) and the knifes.

Bolivia: Pickpocketing is a national sport there. You’ve been warned.

Cuba: taking a photo of policemen, military men and men with an important job is forbidden.

Ecuador, Colombia and Guatemala: armed robbery, robbery or theft of any kind is a common custom for tourists. Walk the streets as less as possible, and if you bump into them, don’t be wise.

This information is served for your convenience and safety. Any important addition and recommendations regarding the safety rules and the personal safety for the tourist – will be received with pleasure.

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Rules for caution and personal safety in a trip abroad

 Wrote: Yair Bar-Zohar

Edited: Nitza Tzameret

Date: 11/01/2006, last update on 17/03/2010

There’s a great value for information regarding the personal safety of the traveler abroad. Some of that information is already in the internet, some other could be found in guidance books, while others are a product of personal experience that wasn’t brought to the public’s knowledge. In this article, for your convenience, I have gathered a lot of information supported by those sources. I tend to believe that an alerted traveler, one who takes care of several basic caution rules, won’t bump into special problems.

First recommendation: before you leave the country, have Israel’s embassy phone number in your destination country. You can get those numbers from a telephone book abroad, at the hotel’s reception or at the ministry of foreign affairs website. Remember that the embassies around the world help you issue a passport, give you an attorney confirmation, help you transfer money in case of an emergency, provide information regarding medical assistance, help you locate a missing person and create contact between families at home and the travelers abroad.

Before, during and after the flight

Seats: it’s recommended to sit 6 seats next to the plane’s hatch. Moreover, it’s recommended to sit near the pass and not near the window. This allows you to exit the plane quickly in case of an emergency. If you have a family, order the seats together, so that you’ll all sit next to each other. In case it’s impossible, ask other passengers to exchange seats with you, and even if it can’t be done and you have children with you, decide which parent is responsible for which child.

It’s recommended to fly with an airline company that has political relationship with your country, and avoid flying above countries that are hostile to Israel.

When you pack, check carefully your luggage’s content, don’t put in there anything you don’t know what it is.

Lock your luggage carefully before you enter the plane and don’t keep it without supervision until you give it away at the passenger’s reception.

If you happen to fall into a distress situation because you are an Israeli citizen, we advocate you turn to the plane’s crew and ask for protection.

During the flight, we recommend you keep your shoes on you and check your seatbelt.

Possible problems

Flight tickets stolen or lost: go to the airline company’s offices near you and fill out some forms. After that, you’ll pay a fine and receive a new ticket.

Equipment stolen or lost: go to the nearest police station, fill out a declaration form, and bring it back to the insurance company in Israel. Without that form, you won’t be able to receive a financial compensation.

Late for the flight: first of all, don’t panic. Go to your airline company’s desk at the airport. With a regular company and a regular ticket that you have paid full price without any restrictions, you’ll be able to convert it to a later flight. With a charter company, the situation is different, since they are not obligated to help/compensate, and you can only hope for the best.

When an airline company cancel/postpone a flight, you have the right to receive an alternative flight and for comfortable waiting arrangements. In case you wait for a long time, you can demand for an accommodation.

Your luggage got lost in the flight? Turn to the airline company’s section of lost and found and report about the loss. The company should equip you with some cash so that you can organize yourself. In any case, take a form that confirms that your luggage was lost, in order to be compensated by the insurance company later.     

Keeping the equipment, documents and valuable items save

Passport got lost or stolen: report to the police, and get a confirmation. You need to equip yourself with 2 passport pictures and some money and go to the Israel embassy with the confirmation. Fill out a deposition of your lost/stolen passport and apply forms to request for a new passport. If the passport had visas, you need to renew them in every embassy separately.

You should leave at home valuable jewelry or items. Expensive equipment or items that must be taken abroad could be kept locked in a special bag with a lock and with special cells. Take them out only when you have to.

Don’t leave expensive equipment without supervision in the hotel room or at the baggage of the car/bus.

There is no use in locking the equipment in the hotel room or tie it to the bed!           It’s recommended to use the safe in the hotel and leave: credit cards, passports, and anything valuable that you won’t need during the trip, inside.

Don’t leave the bag on the floor when you’re in restaurants, buffets or stores. Keep it at a place that will be difficult for thieves to reach.

Preparing to sleep in the car: you should locate yourself in parks that are meant for that and not in an isolated place. In any case, you should lock the bag with the equipment, tie the bag to the chair or put it near your body. And of course, lock the car.  

Avoiding unnecessary markings

You should remove any sign that might indicate that you’re Israelis/Jews.  It starts with not speaking loudly in Hebrew, or reading books or papers in Hebrew. Also, don’t wear domes, jewelry that’s related to the religion (Menorah, Magen David)  and don’t use tags with Hebrew letters on your luggage, a thing that might indicate that you’re Israeli tourists.

As a rule, don’t give out any unnecessary information about your trip plans.

Avoid noting your job or rank at the army or the security ministry.

Avoid taking part in a political debate with strangers.

Stay away from protests.

Money and Credit Cards

Don’t ever exchange money in the street and with a stranger that stands with you in a line to the money exchange office. Exchanging money should be done only in regulated and approved places and with the service giving clerk.

Don’t walk around with a wallet in the back pocket, and in any case, you should tie the wallet to a chain with a grip in front of the body.

Take your passports with you at all time. Don’t be tempted to keep it somewhere, not even in the hotel’s reception.

Before you enter your credit card to the ATM machine, check the entrance for the card. If you’ll see two clips, don’t enter your credit card there. The clips will prevent the card from entering the machine and it will fall into a small bag planted in there before. The machine will work automatically and demand your secret number, but the card will be caught in there, and you won’t be able to get it out ( after giving up, the stalking thieves will come back and take the credit card out with the right equipment).  

If you credit card was stolen or swollen by the ATM machine, contact the bank that accepts this card, or call the credit card’s center in Israel:
Leumi-Card: 972-3-6178800, Visa: 972-3-5726333, Isracard: 972-3-6364666. Making a new card will take a few days. If the card was swollen, go the bank where the machine is located.

Stuck with no accommodation: Try finding rooms in the expensive hotels because the chances to find an available room are high. Another possibility is to drive to the nearest town and find a hotel that is located in a distance of half an hour/ hour.

Safety rules in public places

We don’t recommend you to get inside a taxi that addresses you at the airport, and if you do, only after you’ve both agreed on the price in advance. You should pick a taxi yourself, a taxi that fits you, both in the airport and along the trip. Get inside a taxi that you have ordered yourself.

It is important to open your eyes for what happens all around you, avoid being in a place with a lot of crowd, beginning with the lobby and at the dining room of the hotel, and continuing with the streets, lines to the transportation stations, in halls and in the passages of the metro / busses / trains. Pay attention in the malls, restaurants and stairwells – it’s recommended to stand in an angle that allows you to see who’s standing before you and after you. At the moving stairs, keep a stair space.

Remember that in crowded places, there is a change thieves might be around. These destinations are preferred by thieves who work in groups.

If you noticed a person or a group of people stalking you, you might be under surveillance of thieves or a hostile factor. Do not hesitate, and go to the nearest police station or the nearest Israel embassy/consulate.

At any state, the policeman should be on your side. However, it is also very easy for the fraud artists to dress like police officers, and by so take your passports and money. How they do it? If you’re a tourist, you probably don’t know the local law enforcement’s uniforms, so it’s very easy to wear something that looks official.
With this system, the man who claims to be a police officer will tell you that there is a problem in the area with fake bills/passports and will ask for your wallet/passport , pretending to be someone that is giving you protection. Then, he will return your wallet, say that it’s fine, and by the time you’ll notice that your money is missing, he’ll be far away. Different variations of the same fraud also happen in train stations, road blocks, and official sites. Sometimes, they will take the wallet or passport and flee.

How to avoid being a victim? First of all, ask for a police certificate with and ID, and if you still have doubts, and he still asks for the wallet or passport, ask firmly to show it to him in an official place, like the police station, with the presence of other policemen, and I promise you that they will disappear. Never give your wallet or your passport to someone that you don’t know.

There are thieves that pretend to be tourists, walk around with maps in their hands, and look helpless. They ask you how to get somewhere and while you’re looking at the map or showing them how to get there, they pickpocket you or slice your bag and take all of its content without you noticing. Therefore it’s not recommended to walk with a bag pack or a bag that’s behind you, even if it’s locked. Keep it in the front every time you need to stop or talk. This way, you’ll have full control of your bag.

Take a camera or a cell phone with a camera with you anywhere you go, and make it available to you at any time (bag or glove compartment). In case you get robbed, you could picture the thief and submit a complaint against him at the police station.

In case you get robbed, obey the law enforcement officers in the country you’re at and don’t try to pretend to be wise, because you might get involved with unnecessary.

Avoid walking in dark side roads.

Be alerted to suspicious phenomena (weird behavior, suspicious artifacts).

Avoid prolong staying in a location that many Israeli tend to be.

Avoid taking a part in an attractive financial deal, even if the person is dressed in a suit and equipped with a laptop. Usually, they are crocks.

If you go to a pub, private club or something like that, it’s better to come with another person at least.

Doing some shopping? While you shop, make sure that you’ve got what you paid for.

Not once we ask for a total stranger to picture us, but the photographer disappears from the area. Check if he’s a local or a tourist. if he is, you shouldn’t ask him to picture you.

Complaining in a foreign police

Due to the difficulties of the language, communication and the different culture, complaining at the local police station is actually useless, and might make you stop your trip or delay it.

Rented car thefts

If the car you’ve rented got stolen, damaged or have been in an accident: report to the local police and get a confirmation. Don’t forget to fill out the forms for the rental company (you’ll usually find it in the glove compartment).

These are the common examples for car thefts scenarios:

The thieves open the driver’s door with force, while standing in a red traffic light, and then, with threats or by force, throw the driver out of the car and drive away from the scene. The solution: locking the car until you reach your destination.

Hitting the car from the back, and while the driver starts to comprehend what’s going on, they open the driver’s car, throw him out of his seat and drive away. Therefore you must lock the car at all time, and not hurry to get out of the car and response. You should response only if the hitting driver is been identified as not suspicious (if he’s hurt or he doesn’t flee).

The robbers wait in junctions, ask for a ride and then enter the car by force. The solution: don’t take hitchhikers.

The robbers approach the car with weapons, threaten the driver, and then steal the car (best case scenario).

If you’re in the car driving, and somebody’s signals you that he has a flat tire, or tells you to stop at the side of the road, avoid doing so in a deserted location. Keep on driving till you reach a gas station or a bus station. Your primary objective is to stay away from the person who told you to stop, because he might be a road robber.

There are those who start talking to you in the native language, and then another person come and open one of the doors or the baggage, and steals all the bags. Therefore, it’s recommended to lock the doors and the baggage as well, and not to speak with anyone you don’t know.

When you park the car at the street or at the parking lot, cover the equipment as much as you can in order not to draw special attention to the thieves.

In case the luggage is in the car, make sure they cannot be seen from the outside.

When you leave the car, never leave the engine on, even if it’s for a short time or even if someone stays in the car. For your information, the insurance will not be valid if you leave the car keys inside the car. For any reason you must leave the car, shut down the engine, take the keys, and lock the car.

You must insure that the car is locked when you park.

Staying at the hotel

Be sure to lock the door, while you’re in the room (shake the door).

Don’t let any unidentified person enter your room.

Avoid staying at shady places, even if the price is relatively cheap.

Don’t accept or open packages or gift that you don’t know who sent them to you.

Try to remember the status of your belongings when you leave and enter your room.

When you leave the hotel, keep the luggage locked. Make sure they are in the same state you left them in.

When you arrive to the hotel, look for the nearest emergency passages and exits.

Medicines, drugs, and prostitution services – a serious warning

Medicines: in India and Thailand, the codeine, found in cough medicines, is considered as a drug, and you might get arrested for having it. Therefore, pay attention to the content of the drugs you have, and check with the local health ministry.

Drugs/Chemicals: in many of north-east Asia countries and South America, heavy punishments are given for using drugs. In Thailand, for example, you can be judged for a life sentence and even death punishment for possession commercial quantity of drugs. On the other hand, in many other places, the policy about easy drugs is total overlooking. If you decide to try – do it with responsibility and check what is the policy for it where you are, what the law says about it. Take in account that the laws vary from country to country and ignorance is more dangerous than the drugs.

Hallucination mushrooms: they are grown in the Far East and South America. Using them could be fatal and make an irreversible damage (losing any connection to the environment or even death). Don’t be tempted to take them as a part of a ritual or taste them, you don’t have any control of what you take. The assumption: “It won’t happen to me”‘, is completely false. Even if your friend took it and it did nothing to him, don’t take it. You don’t have any control of the quantity and the danger is very high.

Sun fader: this is a drink that causes hallucinations, which is made out of some kind of a cactus. One time sip might cause mental damages. Common in Bolivia.

Massage and prostitution services: I’m not here to judge anyone, but remember that having sex without a condom in south-east Asia and in Africa is very much like playing a known and dangerous game of a loaded gun filled with bullets.

Far East

General

Danger zones: for example, the border between Cambodia and Thailand is known as a very dangerous place and robbing on the road is a common thing there. Therefore, don’t go to dangerous or forbidden places.

Hitchhikers: don’t hitchhike with military cars and don’t ride during the night to remote places.

Water: don’t drink the water and don’t eat fruits/vegetables that were washed using tap water. The water in these places is very dangerous and drinking them might cause serious diseases.

Countries

Kashmir: the foreign office has published a statement to Israelis not to fly there (north India), you should listen to the warning.    

Tibetan plateau and the Altiplanu: these high places demand acclimatization to the area for at least three weeks. Add-ons, like iron pills could help, so as aspirin – this are wonder drugs to height sicknesses.

Africa

Countries

 Ethiopia: remember that the security situation there is not good, and the stories about kidnapped or robbed tourists there are true.

South Africa: the foreign office warns the tourists that crime is rising there. Tourists’ robbery is a common sight there. Therefore, you should drive carefully and on roads, both on road and in the down-town of the cities, especially near hotels.

South-America:

General:

Rafting: pay attention you sign some forms, stating that the company doesn’t take any responsibility for what happens to you, including accidents!

Bungee-jumping: in Peru, it’s illegal and usually the staff is not professional.

Countries:

Lima: the capital of Peru and especially the market at kusko are known as the home of the quick-hands (pickpockets) and the knifes.

Bolivia: Pickpocketing is a national sport there. You’ve been warned.

Cuba: taking a photo of policemen, military men and men with an important job is forbidden.

Ecuador, Colombia and Guatemala: armed robbery, robbery or theft of any kind is a common custom for tourists. Walk the streets as less as possible, and if you bump into them, don’t be wise.

This information is served for your convenience and safety. Any important addition and recommendations regarding the safety rules and the personal safety for the tourist – will be received with pleasure.

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Car alarms are used for security purposes, alarms are basically electronic device, these days’ alarms are used frequently for security reasons in all kinds of vehicles, like cars, motorcycles, trucks, van and marine boats etc. When we talk about ancient times, there were no security measures. Most of the time robbers or thieves steal vehicles or boats from any place of the world. No one could catch them. So, we take an example of door bell it is also kind of alarm when visitor ring the bell, we alert and to the door for open it so we can that it is also a kind of alarms that alert us and we perform an action, as Newton Said, every action has its Reaction. So we can say that it is kind of reaction for take an actions. With the time period, human civilizations developed and inventions different kinds of alarms of security purpose and alerts. So when we talk about office, so when Chairmen or senior person need to call Personal secretary he/she press the alarms and person on the other side quickly responds. So when we talk about Car alarms, these car alarms with new technology are used in cars for security reason. Car alarms has so many advantages , like if you to the market and park your car in parking area and you do not have security alarms, you will be very worried about your car, when you go the market or any other public places, or even you park the car in our home. Especially when you are sleeping you will be worried about your vehicle. But on the other hand, if you have cars alarms, you will fell free and go to anywhere with out any hesitations, and also sleep well in the day or night. You do not have to take security guard and any security person for your vehicle or home. It works for two purposes, I will give you a small example of it, if you are sleeping in your home and did not take security measures, Someday, robber or any thief enter your home and try to steal your car. With in the seconds alarm will respond and you will awake and call the police. So we can say that there are so many advantages of alarms. When you have car alarms you do not have to pay extra money on security and it will save your money. Cars alarm works very simply, it has two piece devices one is signal detector and second one is trigger, so when you press the trigger it will quickly responds and you will understand your vehicle is secure. There is any another advantage of alarm is when you forgot to trigger the alarms and you go to the room or shopping mall, you just have to press the trigger and your car will be locked unless you unlock your car. Installation of car alarm is very simple and easy, you just have to buy from market and install it. Cars alarms come with a mix feature and also car alarms are based on radio technology, it receive radio signal and respond to them. When you press the trigger and receiver of alarm receives signal from trigger and it quickly responds.There are hundreds of advantages of alarms not just car or any other vehicle but also in homes and offices. In cars alarms sensors are used to receive the signal and this sensor quickly receive the signal. With the progressed of the car alarms technology, there are so many, car alarms are available in market, simply to complex technology inserted in these car alarms and other alarms. Generally sensors are attached with the car through siren. Siren rings when sensor receives the signal from the trigger. Today’s modern cars alarms are consist on arrays of sensors and these modern sensors give quick response rather than conventional car alarms. Car alarms are consists of wireless technology, it do not have any wire or cable. Alarms systems in car or any other vehicles are director charge with the car battery, so we can say that it has its backup source of power. That way it quickly responds to any situations there is no need to charge like other machines.

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The inevitable network attacks can be as great in numbers as the systems that they attempt to break in. Without a proper security system , any part of any network can be at risk of  virus attacks or hacking. Routers, switches, and hosts can all be easily invaded by black hat hackers, company rivals, or even the employees. Solution- Core knowledge of security threats and security infrastructure and skills to mitigate the outside threats.

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The CCNA Security training introduces students to core security technologies and teaches how to make security policies and strategies to mitigate risks. A certified CCNA Security professional specializes in developing a security infrastructure, diagnosing threats and vulnerabilities to networks, and avert security threats.

If you want a detailed coverage of this subject in a shortest possible time, you must enroll in  a Boot Camp rather than a traditional Cisco training course. This format delivers the training through a series of individualized sessions, rigorous and self paced hands-on lab simulations, and brainstorming group discussions. The dumps practiced towards the end of the training program bring confidence and prepares the student thoroughly for the certification exam.

The official curriculum used for the training, gives the students all the essential knowledge and skills required to perform security tasks

The Key topics covered in the CCNA Security training include:

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To participate in the CCNA Security training & certification Boot Camp, candidates must be well familiar with the basic computer Knowledge, be CCNA certified and possess sound networking concepts and skill. This associate level certifications exam covers safeguarding of Cisco routers and switches and their associated networks. The CCNA certificate is valid only for three years, and if someone wishes to re-sit the exam, he must pass a CCNA exam (wireless, security or voice).

Upon the completion of the CCNA Security training Boot Camp, the students will be able proficient in:

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Above ground pool alarms have different grades of pool alarms. One type uses infrared or lasers to surround the pool, with an unbroken beam of invisible light. Once the pool alarm is armed, if the beam is broken, the alarm sounds. The advantage of this type of pool alarm is that it signals danger prior to a child or pet entering the water. The disadvantage is that, if any object or wind hits the beam accidentally, it will give a false alarm.

A Gate alarm is the most popular above ground pool alarm and the most effective as well. The alarm is positioned on the gate of your pool fence. A Gate alarm will sound when someone passes through the gate unnoticed or if the gate door was left open.

A Sentry-type alarm combines a motion detector with a heat sensor. This pool alarm covers a wide swathe of area, up to 150-degrees or more. Inanimate objects cannot trip this type of pool alarm and there is no worry about a beam being set too high or low.

While above ground alarms can be very effective, some people prefer a pool alarm that can be set in the water itself. Such alarm types include floating pool alarms and submerged pool alarms. A floating pool alarm can be tied to the pool ladder and left to bob on the surface of the water. When a child or pet falls into the pool, surface waves will cause the pool alarm to sound.

A submerged pool alarm is a 90-degree angled device that is kept on the edge of the pool with one arm submerged into the water. It reads water displacement or underwater waves and has fewer false alarms than a floating pool alarm. Submerged or floating pool alarms have the disadvantage that they can be hand picked and removed.

A wristband pool alarm is worn on the wrist of a child, or it can be tied to the collar of a pet. The device is linked to a base unit, which is kept inside the house. When the wristband gets wet, an alarm immediately sounds from the base unit.

While selecting pool alarms a few points are important to be kept in mind.

* Depending upon your budget the alarm can be chosen, as some of the alarms are quite expensive

* It also depends upon the type of the pool, if it is not fenced then fence alarms are not needed

* Age and height of children, if there are many children at home, then in such a case, a periphery or gate alarm cannot help you

Information security remains a subject of concern for the organizations that are handling data in large amounts. Sensitive information is hacked and leaked to the rivals and the malicious hackers bring the systems down. All this leads to serious business losses and that is why the need for cyber security training is increasing like an epidemic. Criminal hackers and malware exposes system security control and enters network, causing serious concern for the confidential information. This threat leads to the need for the cyber security and IT professionals to be acquainted with way to handle sensitive information of the company.

The goal of Information Security Training is information protection and security, information confidentiality, responsibilities of the people handling problems of disruption, unauthorized data manipulation, misuse of data and destruction of data. The training covers all the aspects including Vulnerability, network security, secure software development, penetration testing, digital forensics.

Good Cyber Security Training is the one that can be put to use for immediate effect. The staff will be able to learn the read -to-implement methods for handling different kinds of security breaches. With proper training, one can understand all the avenues from where security breach can take place. Technical aspects to deal with cyber incidents and security breaches are also a part of the security training. All the aspects of IT security including leadership, IT audit, and forensics and hacking are covered by cyber training.

There are different types of network training and penetration testing is one of them. This type of network tool carries out vulnerability assessment by actively seeking and exploiting all the loopholes, attacking and penetrating your networks for finding out if there are other sources from where intruder can get into the system. This type of testing hinders intruding and stealing of the important data, placing malicious data that can be harmful to your system.

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Goal of cyber training should be to enhance the skills. This type of training should assist individuals in gaining competency while handling crucial security ingredients. If you are planning to be a part of some cyber security course, check the components covered by the course and match it with your training objectives. This will help in progressing as a security expert easily.

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The worldwide market for workplace health and safety products has grown exponentially in recent years. Riding the wave of international growth in this field, Pan Gulf Products recently launched a new line of personal safety equipment with products such as protective gear, industrial clothing, safety showers, protection accessories and more.

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Australia’s Leading Service Provider of Security Training

The security industry continues to be highly in-demand as more and more people, companies, and other individuals invests in security and protection be it in their homes, offices, and their belongings, also as far as private individuals in the case of celebrities and billionaires are concerned.

In 2006, the Australian Bureau of Statistics Report published that there were 52,768 full-time security officers in the security industry as compared to 44,898 police officers. That’s more than two-to-one ratio between private security and police personnel respectively. Since this is the case, security guards are compelled to meet training courses and registration requirements including of course the license to become a Security Officer.

Thus, security guard training is a requisite for serious and aspiring security agents. The Security Institute is an Australian organisation that began in 1995 offering security training courses (including security guard training) to security professionals and students.

The organisation’s honesty, integrity and professionalism along with its broad expertise and accredited technical training courses have positioned it as the preferred security trainer for many employers and companies. As a proven and respectable organisation, the Security Institute:

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