cyber safety

A comprehensive online cyber safety training for recognizing and avoiding the cyber threats that you face daily.

This Course is Offered to the Public for FREE!

You have 24/7 access to this online cyber safety training course from any internet connected device. The course includes over 50 separate lessons in 8 sections, a progress bar, and a Certificate of Completion when completed. This course is “on-demand” so the lessons can be taken at your pace. We have also included several “How-to” lessons in the Appendix. After you have finished this course, you will have access to come back and review any lesson for one full year after purchase (including any additions or updates we make to the course).

Note: We have designed our lessons for the average person, most lessons will take less than 5 minutes to complete and are written is easy to understand language. (We do not confuse you with “Geek Talk”.)

When ready, select the “Enroll in Course” Button to Enroll.

Course Information

Estimated Time: 4 Hours

Difficulty: Basic

Course Instructor

Mike File Mike File Author

Mike File is the CEO of the File Academy Online Learning Center, which is a company he founded with his wife Patty to provide inexpensive online courses to the public. Prior to this, he spent 16 years teaching high school in the public school system, serving in various capacities such as the Campus Testing Coordinator and the lead instructor of the AVID College Prep and Academic Decathlon classes. Mike retired from teaching in 2014 to spend full time on technology training & web development, after which he become involved in the cyber security business. He has developed several online courses designed for test prep for secondary students, and online safety for students, individuals and business employees. Mike is also a member of a joint public-private FBI task force known as Infragard, which was created to help defend our nation’s interest against cyber attacks and to promote cyber awareness to the public.

 

Personal Cyber Protection

$19.99
1 year of access
 
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Introduction

Introduction to Course
Anatomy of a Cyber Attack
Glossary of Cyber Terms

Types of Malware – Estimated Completion Time: 20 Minutes

Adware
Spyware
Remote Access Trojans
Viruses
Ransomware

Lesson Updated 3/15/17

Types of Online Dangers – Estimated Completion Time: 40 Minutes

Identity Theft
Reputation Attacks
Digital Identity Spoofs
Catfishing
Cyber Stalking
Internet Trolls
Doxing
Revenge Porn

Lesson Added 5/2/17
Spam Bots
Point of Sale Hacks

Lesson Updated 3/20/17
Mobile Phone Hacking
How Human Traffickers Use the Internet

Lesson Added 3/1/17

Risky Online Activities – Estimated Completion Time: 40 Minutes

Online Shopping
Social Media Sites
Chat Rooms
Online Gaming
Dating or Hookup Sites

Lesson Updated 3/15/17
Internet Porn

How Cyber Attacks are Delivered – Estimated Completion Time: 30 Minutes

Phishing
Angular Phishing
Smishing: Phishing with Texts

Lesson Added 4/1/17
Web Spoofing
Social Engineering
Malvertising
Bluetooth Hacks

Lesson Added 6/14/17
Evil Twin Networks

The Hack & Beyond – Estimated Completion Time: 25 Minutes

Detecting Cyber Attacks
Signs You Have Been Hacked
How To Tell Your Phone Has Been Hacked
How to Recover from Being Hacked

Dealing with Data Breaches – Estimated Completion Time: 20 Minutes

Anatomy of a Data Breach
Types of Data Breaches
Medical Breaches
What to Do After a Breach

Lesson Updated 3/31/17

Protecting Yourself – Estimated Completion Time: 45 Minutes

Protecting Your Computer
Protecting Your Network
Protecting Your Social Media
Building Strong Passwords
Using Biometric Verification
How to Stop SPAM
Securing Your Email

Lesson Updated 5/21/17
Creating Hack-Proof Account Profiles
Two-Step Verification
Use Private Browsing

Lesson added 3/31/17
Creating a Firewall

Lesson added 2/28/17
Preventing Bluetooth Hacks

Lesson Added 6/15/17
Using a Virtual Private Network
Whitelisting
Importance of Software Updates

Course Review

Wrap Up

Appendix: How-To Instructions

Tips for Avoiding Fraud
Creating and Using Non-Administer Accounts
Finding and Removing Malware
Configuring a VPN
How to Enable Private Browsing
Identifying Credit Card Skimmers
Online Mistakes that Can Cost You Your Job (Or Worse!)
How To Avoid Data Breaches
Check to See if YOU Have Been Caught in a Data Breach.
Creating a Google Alert
Setting Up Parental Controls
How to Report Cyber Crime