Digital security

What is Digital security?

• Internet protection
• Keeping your personal info. safe
• Defense against hackers
• Passwords, updated software, Firewall

what are these things?

• Updated software-upgrade to the newest version of the program
• Firewall-a program that protects your computer from hackers and viruses
• Password-a secret word or phrase that allows you to gain access  

Ask Audience

Our goal is to teach you how to create a strong and protected password.

What not to do

• Birthdates
• Children's Names or Pet's Names
• Random numbers
• A sentence or phrase
• Words in the dictionary

How to make a strong password

• Use symbols
• Think of a phrase and use the first letter of each word
• Use numbers as letters
• Use something only you would know

Have trouble remembering?

Writing exercise

How is this connected?

• Work place-important documents need to be protected
• New Tech misuse policy-not allowed to share passwords

Next Steps

• Change your passwords! 
• Make them strong!
• Change your password every so often!
• Keep your files safe!

Works cited

• Komando, Kim. "Keep Your E-mail Account Safe." Keep Your E-mail Account Safe.  
• USA Today, 3 Oct. 2014.
• Web. 13 Feb. 2014. .

tHANK yOU!