Resources

Best practice information from reliable sources.

• Online Privacy and Security by FTC
• Protect your privacy on the internet by Microsoft
• Breaking Down and Clarifying Rights by Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
• Secure Resources by The National Cybersecurity Alliance
• Security Awareness Training, Internet Security for Employees by Davis Tech Media
• How to Identify and Combat Spam and Phishing Emails by Davis Tech Media

Tip Sheets and Toolboxes:

• Digital Resources by STOP. THINK. CONNECT.
• Cybersecurity Toolkits by Global Cyber Alliance

Security Awareness Web Series:

• Security Awareness Episodes by The National Cybersecurity Alliance
• Kubikle by The National Cybersecurity Alliance (StaySafeOnline)
• Secure Our World by CISA (Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience)

See the big picture when it comes to hacks.

• World's Biggest Data Breaches & Hacks by Information is Beautiful
• Notified (Data Breach Info) by the Identity Theft Resource Center

Cautionary breach tales to review.

• How Apple and Amazon Security Flaws Led to My Epic Hacking by Mat Honan (Wired)
• Phone Repair Shop Employees Accused of Stealing Nude Photos by Lisa Vaas (Sophos)

Learn to keep your finances close and your identity closer.

• IdentityTheft.gov by FTC
• Identity Theft Resource Center

Cautionary ID theft tales to review.

• ID Theft Stings, But it’s Hard to Pin on Specific Data Hacks by Anick Jesdanun (AP News)
• I Lived With the Identity Thief Who Ruined My Family — And Didn’t Realize Until it Was Too Late by Stefanie Cohen (New York Post)

Resources to help keep your kids safe.

• A Parent's Guide to Internet Safety by FBI
• Online Safety Guidelines for Media by Common Sense Media
• NetSmartz by National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
• Curb the Problem of Cyberbullying by National Crime Prevention Council

What it takes to keep your communications safe.

• Surveillance Self-Defense by EFF
• Privacy Guides by Digital Defense Fund
• Email Self-Defense by Free Software Foundation
• Privacy Tool Guides by Privacy Guides
• Guides and Training by Freedom of the Press Foundation
• Online Harassment Field Manual by The Freedom to Write
• Digital Safety Courses by International Women's Media Foundation
• How to Delete Your Data From 23andMe, Ancestry, and Other Sites by Kevin Loria (Consumer Reports)

Privacy tip case studies:

• Google's File on Me Was Huge. Here's Why it Wasn't as Creepy as My Facebook Data by Brian X. Chen (The New York Times)
• 'I Felt Exposed Online': How to Disappear from the Internet by Simon Parkin (The Guardian)

Privacy Services:

• Vehicle Privacy Reports by Privacy4Cars