Week 03 - Your Internet Footprint
Welcome to Week 3 of Cybersecurity Awareness Month. The theme this week is “Your Internet Footprint.”
What do we mean by “Internet Footprint”? Is it the comments you tweet on Twitter? The photos you post to Instagram or what you share on Facebook? Well, yes BUT there’s a lot more to it than that. And, does it really matter? Well, we think it does and this week we’ll give you some insight into your Internet Footprint (also called your "digital footprint") and why you need to at least be aware of the effects of your online activity.
If you have any questions about our activities in October or suggestions on how to improve our cyber security efforts, please contact us at: securityawareness@royalroads.ca
This Week's Resources
| We’ll start by answering the question “Why should I care about my digital footprint?” The Internet Society has a great explanation – check out “Four Reasons to Care About Your Digital Footprint”. Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro_LlRg8rGg |
| As you’ll see during this week, it’s important to protect your privacy and the information you share online. The more attackers can learn about you the better they can create a targeted attack. So, what can we do about it? Well, let’s start by seeing how much of your information is out there. Read: 201901-OUCH-January-SearchYourself.pdf (attached) |
| Not all of your Internet footprint is data you have chosen to share. Most of the websites you interact with are capturing portions of your activity and sharing them with data mining services. Blacklight is a website that examines the websites you use and shows you what tracking activity happens on that site. It’s a real eye-opener! Try it: https://themarkup.org/blacklight |
| This one’s for the kids. Safe Online Surfing is a site developed by the FBI in the US to teach kids good online practices. They have a separate game for grades 3 to 8; each game is followed by a quiz. Try it: https://sos.fbi.gov/en/ |
Additional Resources
We've got some great tip sheets and other informative articles on the topic of your Internet footprint. Have a look at the list on the right.
Phishing Challenge #2
Think you’re pretty good at spotting phishing attempts? Then you’ll have fun with this one. And, if you’re not sure, this is a safe way to sharpen your skills.
Phishing Challenge #2 is your chance to see how good you are at telling the difference between a legitimate email and one that’s a phishing attempt. It’s easy to do:
- Go to: https://www.sonicwall.com/en-us/phishing-iq-test (yes, the link is safe… )
- Go through the quiz…
- Send your results to: securityawareness@royalroads.ca by 4 pm on October 16th. Your score isn’t important – we’ll be drawing from all participants.
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