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11/07/11
Protecting Children Online
As a follow-up to National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, below are tips to help you stay safe online: 1. Keep the computer in a family room where you can monitor computer use (under 10). 2. Use parental controls. Parental Controls to help manage how your children use the computer. For example, you can set limits on your children's access to the web, the hours that they can log on to the computer, and which games they can play and programs they can run. 3. Teach children never to meet an online friend offline unless you are with them. 4. Find out what e-mail and instant messaging accounts they have and (while...
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10/24/11
5 Tips for Protecting Your Identity Online
October is National Cybersecurity Awareness month. Below are tips to help you stay safe online: 1. Look at a Website’s privacy policy - Before submitting your name, e-mail address, or other personal information on a website, look for the site's privacy policy. 2. Look for evidence that your information is being encrypted - To protect attackers from hijacking your information, any personal information submitted online should be encrypted so that it can only be read by the appropriate recipient. 3. Do business with credible companies – Work with websites certified by an Internet trust organization such as BBBonline, TRUSTe, or...
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10/17/11
5 Tips for Securing Your Personal Computer
October is National Cybersecurity Awareness month. Below are tips to help you stay safe online: 1. Keep your firewall turned on: Firewalls provide protection against outside attackers by shielding your computer or network from malicious or unnecessary Internet traffic. 2. Always use good passwords for your PC: • Don't use passwords that are based on personal information that can be easily accessed or guessed • Don't use words that can be found in any dictionary of any language • Develop a mnemonic for remembering complex passwords • Use a combination of lowercase and capital letters, numbers, and special characters • Use...
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