Internet Security Tips
You can make a difference—and help protect your own systems at home and at the office—by taking these basic steps:
- Change your security passwords regularly, have a firewall in place on your computer, get the latest anti-virus software, and install current security patches for your computer’s operating system;
- Sign-up to receive e-mails with technical cyber security alerts, bulletins, tips from the DHS-run National Cyber Alert System;
- Sign up here to receive e-mails from the FBI on the latest e-scams and test your cyber fraud awareness to gain some valuable tips;
- Read about keeping your children safe from “travelers” and from potential predators on social networking sites;
- Visit the website of the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) to get and share breaking information on cyber security and to learn more about securing your piece of cyberspace, whether you’re an individual, business, or government agency.
Online Resources:
- Protect Your Workplace materials with practical cyber security guidance
- Parent’s Guide to Internet Safety
- Internet Crime Complaint Center
- U.S. Department of Justice Cyber Crime & Intellectual Property Section
- U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team
- Project Safe Childhood Initiative
- The Federal Trade Commission’s Identity Theft Hotline
- More “Be Crime Smart” protections
