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est’s Review: How did your CIA experience carry over
into your current role as 3M cyber-security expert and
spokesperson for 3M’s Privacy Filters?
LiNDsaY MORaN: Well, most of our training in the
cell phones
CIA centered around learning how to steal foreign secrets and on
allow clients to
how to safeguard our secrets. We had to be extremely security-
conscious to make sure top-secret information didn’t fall into the
keep things to wrong hands. I’ve carried that training into my life as an ordinary
themselves.
citizen. But you don’t have to be a superspy in order to take some
simple steps to protect your information effectively.
BR: Is protecting people from cybercrime really that big a deal?
MORaN: I think it is a big deal. First of all, people are natural
snoops. Think about the wealth of information that’s contained
on every laptop computer, and the number of people who con-
duct business and even personal financial information remote- Lindsay Moran,
ly—going to a café or working in an airport. Think about how
Former CIA intelligence officer
much information is in each corporate laptop, and the number
and Cyber-Security Expert
of people who are conducting business while they’re on the go.
So the threat is there. It’s all around. And a lot people don’t even
think about it.
“
This is a very
BR: What are some examples of cyber-security mistakes that
neat gadget—
make you just want to holler “Stop!”
I wish I’d had one
MORaN: Ironically, some are just common-sense mistakes. when I worked
When you’re working remotely, choose your location wisely.
at the CIA.
I’m always amazed at the number of people who are out in the
”
open, working on their laptops or handheld devices, and every-
body around them—particularly on a plane or a train—can see
everything that person is working on. I always use a Privacy Filter
when I’m working on my computer or smartphone. This is a very
neat gadget—I wish I’d had one when I worked at the CIA. Slip it
onto your screen and you can see what you’re working on, but to
the person next to you, the screen appears dark. 3M just came out
with a gold Privacy Filter for your laptop, which actually appears
gold when you look at it from the side. It’s a little more glamor-
ous and spy-like. There’s more information at 3MPrivacyFilters.
com. Another simple thing: Use passwords. Make sure the screen
locks out after a certain amount of time and requires a password
to get back on.
BR: You talk about how, especially overseas, we make mistakes
that we don’t even think we’re making by being in a foreign
country. Could you detail that for us?
Listen to the
MORaN: I always advise people not to conduct business on
full interview
a cell phone, especially if you have a captive audience, like on
a train or in an elevator. Overseas, people assume, “I’m speaking
English; no one can understand what I’m saying” when in fact
English increasingly is the universal language. And [don’t] stand FADE TO BLACK:
out as a tourist. Try to dress like the locals and blend in. Have a
Just like 3M Privacy Filters,
heightened street sense. One thing people do here all the time:
3M Mobile Privacy Films
darken side views so
They see someone who looks trustworthy and ask them to watch
“wandering eyes” can’t
their laptop for a minute. You can’t make assumptions about who
see what you are texting
someone is—especially in a foreign country.
BR
or e-mailing.
n For the complete audio interview, visit www.bestreview.com/tech09.html.
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