Articles tagged: online safety
Column: Secure your Facebook account, a step-by-step guide
Posted: Jun 06, 2013Recently, I spent a Sunday afternoon cleaning up my Facebook. By that, I mean I “un-friended” about 100 people. The phishing attacks using information on Facebook have been increasing, and I realized that only people ... Read more »
Column: What do you know about your kids' mobile apps? What do those apps know about your kids?
Posted: May 02, 2013The main objective for writing this column is to share great resources that are buried throughout millions of online pages about Internet safety tips. When speaking to audiences of folks in charge of cyber security ... Read more »
Column: Tax time is open season for hackers
Posted: Apr 04, 2013As a friend of mine prepared her taxes last year, she was encouraged to include her foster son on her taxes to receive the tax benefits. When she did, it was discovered that the 2-year-old ... Read more »
Column: Online cyber security video resources for all skill levels
Posted: Mar 07, 2013As I speak to audiences across the country and even in my own social circle, it is clear that many people feel overwhelmed and under educated about online safety. The saddest comment I hear after ... Read more »
Column: Three suggested cyber resolutions for 2013
Posted: Feb 07, 2013New Year's resolutions can be difficult to keep if they take a lot of time or require too much work. Knowing that, I am going to suggest a few simple things to think about. This ... Read more »
Column: Create your own smartphone security checklist
Posted: Jan 17, 2013In the past week a friend showed me an FBI Impersonation email she received and asked how to report it. Another friend asked me if anti-virus software was standard on her laptop and how to ... Read more »
Column: Let's get our kids involved in the solutions for online safety
Posted: Jan 03, 2013In 2011, our community hosted a program with 420 high school students in a banquet room for four hours of speakers discussing how to stay safe online. People thought I was crazy to think we ... Read more »
Column: Advances in technology mean families need to have conversations about cyberbullying
Posted: Dec 20, 2012Bullying is not a new phenomenon. I remember sadly my middle school years and seeing two of my classmates continually harassed. When discussing this topic in public, the reaction from some has been, “Kids will ... Read more »
Column: Online safety takes a village
Posted: Dec 06, 2012Keeping our kids, businesses and personal information safe online is like a part-time job for some. There is no shortage of topics for me to write about each month, because the Internet is so pervasive ... Read more »
Column: Do we really need an app for that? Let's talk about app safety
Posted: Nov 22, 2012The newest iPhone now has an added line for apps per page. Thank goodness! Not sure how I would have been able to manage without it! It's hard to believe app management is now an ... Read more »
Column: Beware of fraud before donating to disaster relief
Posted: Nov 08, 2012Unfortunately, there are people who take advantage of a national tragedy like Hurricane Sandy that recently hit our east coast. It is with such sadness that I have to even write this column, when I ... Read more »
Column: Safe online shopping during the holidays…and the rest of the year
Posted: Oct 25, 2012There was uproar recently after a national retailer aired a Christmas commercial before Halloween. As much as the average consumer complains, the holiday shopping media blitz starts earlier every year. As much as I don’t ... Read more »
Column: October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month - last two weeks focus on business and school security
Posted: Oct 11, 2012Read part one of this two-part series on National Cyber Security Awareness Month here. This October is the ninth annual National Cyber Security Awareness Month. The Department of Homeland Security, National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) ... Read more »
Column: October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month
Posted: Sep 27, 2012This October is the ninth annual National Cyber Security Awareness Month. The Department of Homeland Security, National Cyber Security Alliance and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center work in partnership with public and private ... Read more »
Column: Mobile devices and the policy discussions surrounding them
Posted: Sep 13, 2012Bring your own device (BYOD) is a hot topic. As I helped my son prepare for his first day of high school, I asked him if he needed to bring a calculator. His response was, ... Read more »
Get the Ann Arbor RSS Feed
AnnArbor.com