[131542] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Tools for teaching users online safety
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (J.D. Falk)
Tue Oct 26 20:04:59 2010
From: "J.D. Falk" <jdfalk-lists@cybernothing.org>
In-Reply-To: <4CC62B29.4040104@blastro.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:04:47 -0700
To: "North American Network Operators Group" <nanog@nanog.org>
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On Oct 25, 2010, at 6:13 PM, Alex Thurlow wrote:
> I'm trying to find out if there are currently any resources available =
for teaching people how to be safe online. As in, how to not get a =
virus, how to pick out phishing emails, how to recognize scams. I'm =
sure everyone on this list knows these things, but a lot of end users =
don't. I'm trying to find a way to teach these things to people who =
aren't too technically savvy.
>=20
> It seems to me that the fewer end users that have issues, the easier =
our lives will be.
>=20
> So what I'm trying to figure out is, is there a good site or set of =
sites for this stuff, or is there anyone out there interested in helping =
to build a unified list of instructions, videos, etc. for all this?
http://staysafeonline.org/ has recently emerged as the primary site for =
all of that kind of information, supported by DHS and a lot of big =
companies (including many who send people to NANOG meetings.)
