Back to School Means Revisting Online Security
Everyone who has a teen has spent the last several weeks dealing with getting everybody back-to-school. A hectic time, an exciting time, a time to prepare for a year when you and your teens are hoping to do their best when it comes to learning, growing and becoming exceptional young adults.
For most kids, school work increasingly involves using computers. Many teens in middle school and high school have their own computers at home, or even laptops. Teenage college students head back to campus with a laptop in their backpack just as surely as a team logo on their sweatshirt.
The fact is teens can’t compete at school - or in the workplace - without solid computer skills. However, these skills must include understanding how to keep their hardware, software, and their hard work for their classes safe from all the threats they will encounter online.
Many of the behaviors teens are prone to - such as downloading music and social networking - are rife with risks for contracting malware, and opening the doorway to any number of security breeches. Share this post with your teens in high school and college, and encourage them to look over these helpful tips:
- Regularly Back Up Data
- Use a Firewall and Regularly Updated Antispyware and Antivirus Programs
- Do Not Open Executable Programs
- Protect Account Information
- Create and Change Unique Passwords
- Protect your Personal Data
For more detail, read through this helpful article from the people behind Webroot security software. I don’t endorse this product, but I do think these good folks deserve a thumbs up for this helpful guide and I wanted to pass it along.
