Internet Safety – How to stay safe online

A beginners guide to Internet safety. Learn online safety and how to protect yourself from hacks, attacks and scams.

Created by: Phil Walters
IT trainer, expert in IT security and email archiving.

What Will I Learn?

• Describe the risks of accessing the Internet insecurely.
• Describe how the Internet works.
• Take the necessary steps to secure your home network from unwanted intrusions.
• Configure desktops and laptops so that they are secure on the Internet.
• Secure access to online applications, including email.
• Identify scam and phishing emails.
• Take the necessary steps to secure your data.
• Maintain the privacy of key data on the Internet.

Requirements

• This is a beginners course so no previous knowledge of IT security is required.
• To complete the exercises you will need to have login credentials for home network devices.

Target audience

• Anyone who is concerned about online security and wants to make changes to their home network.
• Those who want to be better informed about the dark-side of the Internet so that they can protect themselves from insecure actions.