Free Digital Risk Protection activity Book

DIGITAL RISK PROTECTION ACTIVITY BOOK

This fun activity book teaches kids of all ages about Digital Risk Protection. In this book, three heroes work together to help people and businesses protect their information from being stolen by bad guys. Billy, Penny, and Danny work very hard to guard important Digital Data like passwords, files, banking documents, personal information, business secrets or anything else that is stored on a computer or in the cloud and keep it protected and safe!

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IT'S NOT CYBER CRIMINALS COMPROMISING YOUR SECURITY...

Human error is the most common culprit for compromising your data and patient records.

Here are four really easy ways to prevent phishing scams, stolen passwords, etc. Making sure everyone in your office realizes THEY are the key component to protecting client information and data. You are your own best security team. Use the tips below to defend yourself and your data from being compromised.

1. WATCH FOR PHISHING EMAILS

NEVER click on a link in an email or send your password through an email. A lot of scammers pretend to be your boss, coworkers, etc. to force this information from you. 

2. HOW OLD IS YOUR PASSWORD?

Some security experts think it's fine to use the same password for up to one year if it's 15 characters or more in length. If it’s 14 or fewer, they recommend changing it every 90 days. Be aware, though, that extending a password expiration period increases the risk that someone could steal and reuse it to access other accounts owned by the same person. Shorter password expiration periods are always better.

3. NEVER WRITE YOUR PASSWORD DOWN 

If you're notorious for putting your password on a post-it note on your monitor - stop it! No one should know your password. Memorize it. Keep it in your brain.

4. ALWAYS LOCK YOUR COMPUTER SCREEN WHEN YOU WALK AWAY 

If you work in an environment that has private customer data (i.e. medical office, law office, etc.) then leaving your computer unlocked when you get up to get coffee, really sets you up for failure. Keep your computer screen locked while you pour the Folgers. 

Five Tips to Creating a Safe Password

Learn five tips to creating a safe password to help prevent cyber crime! In less than one minute, Deidre and Brian will arm you with the essentials to creating a password that's hard to crack! 

DEFEND YOURSELF WITH AN UNHACKABLE PASSWORD

One of the easiest ways to protect yourself from hackers is to use a strong password. Human nature tells us to use the same or similar passwords across different applications; and given a choice, most of use would use something very simple that we could easily remember.  

This, however, leaves you open to attacks. Hackers like to use "guessing" - a technique in which they repeatedly guess words or phrases using your children's names, sports teams, etc. There is also an automated program that hackers use called an Online Dictionary Attack. Here, the program attempts to log on using a different word from the text file on each try. These are only two ways that hackers attack your system but there are many, many more. The best method of defense is to learn to create a password that is safe and you can remember.

THINGS NOT TO USE IN YOUR PASSWORD

• Your Birthday
• Any part of your name
• Your mother's maiden name
• Names of your children or pets
• City where you were born
• Local sports teams
• Any part of your address

TIPS ON CREATING A SECURE PASSWORD

• Replace a letter with the same character every time you make a password. EXAMPLE: Use % instead of an A
• Use a minimum of 9 characters 
• Make sure to include upper and lower case letters, numbers and symbols.

Attacks can be slowed down significantly through the use of strong passwords.