Practical Paranoia
Security Essentials
Online Workshop
for macOS 13

WHO

The Practical Paranoid Security Essentials Online Workshop for macOS 13 is designed for anyone and everyone who desires greater device, data, and communication security. If you know how to open, edit, and save a file, we will take you by the hand and lead you the rest of the way. If you are an IT professional, this course is also perfect for you!

We want you to leave this course confident in your new knowledge and skills. Concerned about running into roadblocks during your course? Your instructor Marc Louis Mintz is only a Zoom meeting to answer your course-related questions.

WHAT

The Practical Paranoid Security Essentials Online Workshop for macOS 13 is unique. This is the first time that Cybersecurity industry best-practices from Apple, Microsoft, Google, DoD, DoE, NIST, and CERT are offered to the non-technical user in an accessible, easy, comprehensive, and hands-on workshop.

You will learn the “why’s” and “how’s” to secure your devices, data, and communication, with no technobabble. Best of all, you will resolve your own cyber vulnerabilities in each course session.

WHEN

All sessions are presented online so you may participate when most convenient for you. Live sessions open for participation March 6, 2023. Early registration starts today, with our best discounts ever offered.

WHERE

All you need is your own macOS computer running macOS 13,  with an internet connection.

HOW

In the Practical Paranoid Security Essentials Online Workshop for macOS 13, you will learn how to:

1. Protect Against Data Loss
   • Properly format the backup drive
   • Create the perfect backup
   • Integrity Test your backup
   • Back up with Google Drive
   • Back up your Google Drive
2. Use Passwords Like an IT Pro
   • Create Strong Passwords You Never Need to Remember
   • Use a Password Manager
   • Harden the macOS Keychain Security
   • Store Challenge Questions in the Keychain
   • Master a Password Manager for Cross-Platform Use
   • Assign Password Policies
   • Use Multi-Factor Authentication
3. Automate System and Application Updates 
   • Configure Automatic System and Application Updates
   • Manually Update System and App Store Apps
   • Configure System and Application Privacy
4. Lock Down Your Computer with User Accounts
   • Enable the Root User
   • How to Never Log in as an Administrator, yet Maintain Power
   • Create a Pre-Login Policy Banner
5. Encrypt Storage Devices
   • Enable and Configure Boot Device Encryption
   • Enable and Configure Non-Boot Device Encryption
   • Enable the Firmware Password
   • Use the New Apple silicon Mac Startup Security
   • Detect if Your Mac is Secretly Listening or Viewing You
6. Use Sleep and Screen Saver to Harden Security
   • Configure Password After Sleep or Screen Saver
   • Manage Lock Screen Notifications
   • Configure Do Not Disturb Mode
7. Protect Against Malware
   • Choose the Best Anti-Malware Utility
   • Use the New Lockdown Mode for Ultra Security
8. Block External Attacks with the Firewall
   • View Open and Vulnerable Ports
   • Activate and Configure the Firewall
   • Close Unnecessary Ports
9. Locate a Lost or Stolen Device
   • Configure Find My Mac
10. Prevent Snooping Over the Local Network and Bluetooth
    • Prevent Ethernet Broadcasting
    • Prevent Ethernet Insertion
    • Use the Best Wi-Fi Encryption Protocol
    • Configure Your Modem and Router to Use WPA3 Encryption
    • Restrict Device Access by MAC Address
    • Verify Your Router Security Configuration
    • Use Bluetooth Security Protocols
11. Block Web Browsing Vulnerabilities
    • Choose the Most Secure Browser
    • Understand if “Private Browsing” Protects You
    • Choose the Most Secure Search Engine
    • Browser Extensions: Friend or Foe
    • Block Cyber Fingerprinting
    • Recover From a Web Scam
    • Use Tor for Anonymous Browsing
    • Understand Surface Web, Deep Web, and Dark Web
    • Find Your Hacked Accounts
    • Stop Targeted Marketing
12. Ensure Your Email Security
    • Email Encryption Protocols
    • Enable Mail Privacy Protection
    • Create Email Aliases
    • Maintain End-To-End Secure Encrypted Email
    • When to Use PGP/GPG and S/MIME Encryption
    • Stop Email Spoofing
13. Maintain Document Security
    • Encrypt a Document Within its Application
    • Encrypt a PDF Document
    • Create an Encrypted File or Folder
    • View, Edit, and Delete Invisible Exif Data in a Photograph
    • View, Edit, and Delete Invisible Metadata in a PDF File
14. Perform Secure Communications
    • Create Secure and encrypted Voice, Video, and Text Communications
15. Encrypt Your Entire Internet Experience
    • How to Choose a VPN Provider
    • Resolve Email Conflicts with VPN
    • Create an Encrypted Network with Friends and Work with Mesh VPN
    • Prevent DNS Leaks
16. Fix Social Media Vulnerabilities
    • Secure Your Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft, and Apple Accounts
    • Secure Your Social Media Data After Your Death
17. When It Is Time to Say Goodbye
    • How to Securely Sell, Give Away, and Trash Your Old Device

VALUE

Our exclusive online workshop includes:

• A copy of Practical Paranoia macOS 13 Security Essentials book ($64.95 value) in LIVE! Format.
  • LIVE! books are continuously updated until the next OS version is announced. They also allow the user to send the instructor questions directly from the book.
• The entire course in live Zoom format, accessible from your computer, smartphone, tablet, or Smart TV.
• Miss a live session? A recorded replay of each live session is available within 48 hours.
• Instructor available to answer your questions via Zoom.
• Certificate of Completion mailed to you at the completion of your course.

This workshop is normally offered at $275 per participant. But, if you order before March 1, 2023 a $200 discount will be applied making your total cost just $75!

GUARANTEE

After completing this workshop if you do not agree that this is the easiest and most comprehensive program of its kind, we will issue a full refund.