Cyber Safety Vocabulary

A place or way of being protected from danger or harm

• safe

• noisy

• light

• fast

A secret word or code that you use to get into a computer or online account.

• password

• window

• flower

• car

Keeping information to yourself and not letting others see or know it.

• Privacy

• Loud

• Group

• Open

When something is protected so no one who shouldn’t can see it or take it.

• Secure

• Broken

• Loose

• Visible

Being watchful and quick to notice things

• Alert

• Sleepy

• Distracted

• Calm

To stop something from getting through, like stopping messages from someone you don't know.

• Block

• Allow

• Start

• Run

Someone you know and like to spend time with; online it means to connect with someone on social media.

• Friend

• Stranger

• Enemy

• Troll

Someone you know and like to spend time with; online it means to connect with someone on social media.

• Friend

• Stranger

• Enemy

• Troll

To give others a part of something, like sending a picture or message online.

• Share

• Hide

• Keep

• Own

To press a button on a computer mouse to select something on the screen.

• Click

• Shout

• Kick

• Wave