Cyber Security Review

Why is it important to protect your online identity?

• Because everyone does it.

• Because you will make more friends.

• Because being online is a safe environment.

• Because someone might steal your personal information.

How long can your “digital footprint” last online?

• Forever

• Minutes

• Months

• Hours

Which term describes a set of rules for appropriate behavior while on the Internet?

• Identity

• Netiquette

• Cybersecurity

• Social Network

Which term describes bad people who watch and read your personal information online for the

purpose of harassing or harming you?

• Online teachers

• Digital footprints

• Online predators

• Social networkers

If you are leaving traces of personal information about yourself online, available for anyone to obtain,

then you are damaging your:

• grades

• friendships

• gaming record

• digital footprint

One of the most popular online activities — and one that poses the greatest risk to your privacy — is:

• online gaming

• watching movies

• social networking

• checking e-mail messages

Which of these is the best way to monitor your online presence and how other people see your

information?

• Ask everyone you know to tell you what they see

• Make sure you have all your information visible

• Google yourself

• Use a password manager

What is NOT true about your digital footprint?

• Online predators never look at your personal information

• College admissions offices are not allowed to view this

• Potential employers can use you history to determine future employment

• You can erase your digital footprint

Which of these is a good way to keep your online privacy?

• Use an avatar or picture of some other object.

• Make your posts visible to everyone, all the time.

• Make you hometown, school, and sports team visible in your profile.

• Post you cell phone number online.

Which of these is true about privacy policies on social media websites?

• They're required by law to be posted for users.

• They can never change once they've been set.

• The site does not have to inform you if they've been changed.

• You can select which policies you would like for yourself.