This document summarizes a presentation on cyber safety for Hadley Farms. It discusses topics like cyberbullying, identity theft, phishing, cyber predators, and maintaining cyber security. It provides examples and tips for staying safe online, such as using strong and unique passwords, not sharing private information publicly, being wary of suspicious links, and knowing who to report issues to like the Federal Trade Commission or National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Resources for online safety education and support are also listed.

1. Cyber Safety Presentation for Hadley Farms
Steve Peterson, President
Montgomery County Community Emergency Response Team
www.montgomerycert.org

2. Introduction
• How many of you like to use the Internet?
• How many of you use it everyday?
• Where are some places you use the Internet regularly?
• What kinds of things do you regularly do when using the
Internet?
• Where do you keep the computer?
• Do you have special rules for using the computer and the
Internet?
— What are some of those rules?

3. Cyberbullying
Cyberbullying is the electronic posting of mean‐spirited messages about a person,
often done anonymously

4. Cyberbullying
• Using the Internet to spread gossip, to bully someone, or
damage their reputation is hurtful
— Only do and say things online that you would have done unto you
• Speak up! If something or someone online makes you feel
uncomfortable, you have the right to not respond, delete a
post, and most importantly tell a trusted adult
• Don’t stand for bullying—online or off
1 OnGuardOnline.gov

5. Cyberbullying
• “…the laws have started
catching up”
— Steve Chaikin, head of
community prosecution for the
Montgomery County State’s
Attorney’s Office
April 10, 2013 Germantown Gazette
This is in response to
students and young people
who torment others online

6. Cyber Predators
People who search online for other people in order to use, control, or harm
them in some way

7. Cyber Predators
• Sharing personal information with people you view as "friends"
(online) is risky
• Keep personal information about yourself private, including
your family members, your school name, your passwords, your
telephone number, your address, or other private information
— Example: Manti Te'o ‐ Football player at the University of Notre Dame
and an acquaintance who orchestrated a hoax and lured Te'o into an
online relationship with a nonexistent woman; however, the photos used
for the nonexistent woman were real
• Never meet in person with someone you met online

8. Identity Theft
The illegal use of someone else's personal information in order to obtain
money or credit

9. Questions
• Every year, how many kids have their identity stolen?
• Are you willing to share personal information online about
yourself and your family in exchange for goods and service?
1 Identity Theft Resource Center
2 eMarketer
500,000 identities stolen per year
75% of kids are willing to share info

10. How Identity Theft Might Happen Through
Social Media
• Using low privacy or no privacy settings
• Accepting invitations to connect from unfamiliar persons
• Downloading free applications for use on your profile
• Giving your password or other account details to people you know
• Participating in quizzes (e.g. How well do you know me?) which
may require you to divulge a lot of personal information
• Clicking on links that lead you to other websites, even if the link
was sent to you by a friend or posted on your friend’s profile
• Falling for email scams (phishing) that ask to update your social
networking profiles
Identity Theft Resource Center ‐ http://www.idtheftcenter.org

11. Example
• A man receives a message from one of his friends which has a
link to a funny video, so he clicks on it. The link does not bring
up a video. The friend’s profile had been hacked, and now a
form of malicious software is being downloaded onto the man’s
computer as a result of him clicking the link. This software is
designed to open a way for an identity thief to take personal
information from the man’s system. It additionally sends a
similar email to everybody he is connected with on his profile,
asking them to “view the video”. Downloading free applications
and software can be sources of this type of malicious software,
too.

12. Phishing
A scam by which an email user is duped into revealing personal or
confidential information that the scammer can use illicitly or fraudulently

13. 68% of teens surveyed say they have1
79%2
Phishing Quiz
• Have you downloaded a program or software without your
parent's or guardian’s permission?
• What percentage of online teenagers agree that teens aren’t
careful enough when sharing personal information online?
1 Identity Theft Resource Center
2 Pew Internet and American Life Project

14. Phishing Tips
• Most organizations do not ask for your personal information
over email
— Beware of requests to update or confirm your personal information
• Do not open emails from strangers and do not click on
unfamiliar sites
— If you think an offer is too good to be true, then it probably is
— Example: Get a frEe ipAd buy cliking this lynk.
• Make sure you change your passwords often
— Avoid using the same password on multiple sites
• Always enter a URL by hand instead of following links

15. Trustworthy and Credible
The quality of being believable or worthy of trust

16. Trusted Source
• Why is it important to make
sure a link is from a trusted
source?
• Can’t we just click and if it’s
not what we want or
thought it would be, just go
back?

17. What Kind of Files Do You Download?
• Video games and
instructions
• Movies/Video
• Songs
• Books
• Reports
• Slideshow
presentations
• Photos
• Graphics
• Free screen savers
• Animations
• Ringtones
• Software

18. Question
• What should make you suspicious that a link could cause
trouble?
— A message claiming you’ve won a big prize or an offer that seems too
good to be true is always suspicious
• In what other situations should you to stop and not click?

19. Suspicious Links
• Links from someone you don’t know
• Links that excitedly tell you to take urgent action
• Links in chain letters
• Links in messages that just look “weird”
• Links in a message that is clearly spam (junk mail)
• Links within messages that use bad grammar or awkward
phrasing or misspellings
Prepared by CyberSmart Education for the National Cyber Security Alliance. www.StaySafeOnline.org

20. Suspicious Links
• Links from a friend or stranger claiming he/she is in trouble and
asking that you send money
• Links to a page asking you for any personal information, such as
your password
• Links in messages that appear to be from a favorite store,
asking you to update your account (Reputable companies never
do this.)
• Links on a social networking site that say “watch this funny
video of you”
• Links in messages that tell you to open an attachment
Prepared by CyberSmart Education for the National Cyber Security Alliance. www.StaySafeOnline.org

21. Not everything seen on the Internet is true

25. Consequences
The morality (right or wrong) of an act is determined by its effects

26. Take Responsibility
• Posting inappropriate comments/photos on social media sites,
such as Twitter and Facebook may lead to unintended or
unknown consequences
— Suspension
— Loss of employment
— Arrest
• Think twice before you post or say anything online; once
it is on social media sites it is there forever
— It is permanently stored somewhere – regardless of whether you
delete it

27. Take Responsibility
• Why should you not post information online where you are
located?
— Observant criminals would know you are not home – burgulary
— Cyber Predators would know where you are located

28. Cyber Security
Measures taken to protect a computer or computer system against
unauthorized access or attack

29. Security Tools
• They are available for you to use to further protect yourself,
your personal information, and computer from viruses,
spyware, and spam

30. Which Password is Stronger?
A1b2c3d4
R4c7x3E1f

31. Which Password is Strongest?
Go!jets#1!!
Applesauce1212**
M^s1ster|$ alw4ysf1ne!

32. Question
• Why is a password stronger when we combine upper and lower
case letters AND numbers AND symbols?
A O L B T
@ Number 0 ! 6 +

33. Dangers
• Understand the dangers of sharing your information (pictures,
locations, status, etc.) online
— It can be used against you by those who wish to do harm
— It can be used against you in a court of law
— It can be used against you in school
• What has happened to other kids that have had their
passwords stolen or shared them with their friends?

34. Stop and Think
• Before you re‐post/retweet a message, stop and ask yourself
these questions:
— Who generated the information within this tweet?
— Will I harm someone by re‐posting/retweeting this information?
— Is this information gossip?

35. Resources

36. Available Resources
• OnguardOnline.gov
— A one‐stop shop for online safety resources available to parents,
educators, and kids run by the Federal Trade Commission
• Cybertipline.com
— Receives online child solicitation reports 24‐hours a day, seven days a
week. Submit an online report or call 1‐800‐843‐5678
— Part of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
• Staysafeonline.org
— Offers instruction on security updates, free antivirus software, malware
software removal, and other services run by The National Cyber
Security Alliance

37. Thank You! Questions?