Educational Materials

Cybercrime Pre-Assessment Quiz
Think you know your stuff? Take our Cybercrime Pre-Assessment Quiz before viewing the Securing Our eCity training presentation to determine your level of risk to cyber crime.

Securing Our eCity Training Presentation
To learn more about how you can protect your home and business from Internet threats view our interactive tutorial. Topics include cybercriminals and what motivates them, 2009’s biggest threats, analysis of specific malware, a discussion of how cybercrime impacts business and effective ways to protect yourself, and your company.

Cybercrime Post-Assessment Quiz
Ready to put your new knowledge to the test? Take our Cybercrime Post-Assessment Quiz after viewing the Securing Our eCity training presentation to see if you’re ready to beat cyber criminals at their own game.

Social Media and the Koobface Worm
Social Networking offers a great number of benefits to users. These sites also pose security risks to their users as the following example of the Koobface virus released in August 2008 demonstrates.

12 Tips for Reducing Your Attack Surface

Choosing Your Password

Own Your Space®

About the Author / Book:

Own Your Space®, the industry-leading Internet security book for youth, parents, and adults, was first written by Linda McCarthy, a 20-year network and Internet-security expert.
This all-new free edition — by McCarthy, security pros, and dedicated teenagers — teaches youths and even their parents how to keep themselves “and their stuff” safer online.

A collaboration between network-security experts, teenagers, and artists, the flexible licensing of Creative Commons, and industry-leading corporate sponsors, together have made it possible for everyone on the Internet to access Own Your Space for free