Online Safety
A good password should contain letters, numbers, and these.
What are symbols?
This four-letter acronym represents positive behavior online, meaning “Be Nice.”
What is Netiquette?
$100: Phishing is a scam where someone tries to trick you into sharing this.
What is personal information?
This job involves finding weaknesses in security systems to help prevent attacks.
What is an ethical hacker?
This type of program is designed to damage or disable computers and systems.
What is malware?
Instead of using the same password for everything, cybersecurity experts suggest doing this.
What is using a unique password for each account?
If someone posts something mean online, you should do this rather than responding.
What is ignore or report it?
If you get a message that seems suspicious, it’s best to do this.
What is not respond or delete it?
People in this cybersecurity career defend a company’s data and prevent hackers from getting in.
What is a security analyst?
A virus that spreads by copying itself to other programs or files is called this.
What is a worm?
This phrase can help create a strong password by using the first letter of each word.
What is a passphrase?
Before sharing a post, it’s important to check if it’s this.
What is accurate or true?
You can tell a website is secure if its URL begins with these five letters.
What is https?
These professionals help recover data and investigate how cybercrimes happened.
What is a digital forensic analyst?
This type of attack overwhelms a website with traffic to make it unavailable.
What is a DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack?
This software can store and generate strong passwords for you.
What is a password manager?
Cyberbullying often happens online; this is one action you can take if you experience or see it.
What is reporting the user or telling an adult?
Phishers often pretend to be this type of person to gain your trust.
What is a trusted contact or official representative?
This organization works with other countries to protect against cyber threats.
What is the Department of Homeland Security?
This is the term for when someone uses a fake identity to trick someone online.
What is spoofing?
To add an extra layer of protection to your accounts, use this two-step verification process.
What is two-factor authentication (2FA)?
Using all caps in a message can come across as this.
What is shouting?
A “smishing” scam happens over this form of communication.
What is text message?
This professional is in charge of training employees on cybersecurity practices.
What is a cybersecurity educator or training specialist?
These types of hackers have good intentions and help improve security by finding system flaws.
What are white hat hackers?