August, 2014
Here is a great poster assembled by Google which you can use in class with students. This post is made from a set of archived images featuring 30 cyber security tips to share with your students. These tips were generated last October. As you probably know October is a cyber security awareness month in which Google shares tips to raise awareness about issues related to cyber security. All the tips share last october are included in this poster.
Here is a quick round-up of the tips featured in the poster below
- Keep your account safer using two step verification
- Flag inappropriate content
- Learn how to remote wipe your device
- Lock your screens
- Secure your wifi
- Think before you share
- Leave a virtual key under the mat
- Keep your software up-to-date
- Stop and look before downloading
- Learn how to decipher suspicious text or email
- Only install software from trusted sources
- Don't ignore online warnings
- Be an online sleuth
- Secure your router
- Run antivirus software
- Log out of public or shared computers
- Don't reuse your passwords
- Don't reply to suspicious messages
- Report spam, scams and phishing
- Don't send sensitive information by email
- Use a secure browser
- When you upload personal videos to YouTube always make sure you set them to private or unlisted if you don't want others to see them.
- Get to know your email settings
- Bak up your data online
- Do the most sensitive tasks from your own devices and accounts
