It can be difficult to recognize the difference between the cyber resilience part and internet safety part.
With cyber resilience we think about the 3rs – Recognise threats, React to threats and recover from threatsor incidents that you may find online. The cyber resilience mostly deals with the device and the access to the internet. There are threats and issues that your device might encounter due to your device’s ability to access the internet.
With internet safety we would be looking for children to be safe, smart and kind and demonstrate this when they are online. Have a look at our ThingLink below which will give you some important information and links to useful websites.
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Internet Safety
Internet Safety is the knowledge of maximizing the user’s personal safety and security risks on private information and property associated with using the internet.
Cyber Resilience
Cyber resilience is for individuals or organisations to be able to prepare for, withstand, rapidly recover and learn from deliberate attacks or accidental events in the online world .
It also means developing understanding of issues like:
- Passwords
- How we communicate
- Phishing
- Identity theft
- Digital Footprint
- Digital Citizenship
- Copyright
Some ways to make sure you are cyber resilient:
- Make sure your passwords are complex. Avoid dictionary words, use a mixture of upper and lower case letters, special characters and numbers.
- Make sure your passwords are long. A password made of 8 random upper case letters (with no dictionary words) can be hacked in a matter of days. But if you add just 2 extra characters, to make it 10 characters long, it will be 676 times harder to crack, taking a computer programme years instead of days to solve. Check your password strength here.
- Avoid re-using the same password for different accounts or devices.
- Always install updates. You should always try to install updates as soon as they are available for any of your devices, apps or programmes.
- Don’t send money or give out personal information in response to an unexpected request.
- Be careful when using public Wi-Fi and shared computers. Avoid connecting to unsecured public Wi-Fi networks. If you do use Wi-Fi on a shared network, avoid logging into emails/online banking etc.
- If you think that you have been a victim of hacking or fraud, report it. Contact Action Fraud here, the UK’s national reporting centre for fraud and cyber security. You can also check here to see if your email address has been compromised.
You can find information on how to start a conversation with your child about online safety here.
