Middle Link

Internet Safety

Cyber Security Unit

Note: This section can be taught by the technology teacher or classroom teachers with support from the librarian. 

Introduction and Essential Information

Identity theft, crashed computer systems, nagging computer viruses and spam e-mail have all become a part of the online environment. As computer use continues to increase both at school and home, the risk of compromised security also increases.  Criminals wishing to access personal information or hackers choosing to do harm to individual and networked computers have sophisticated methods for carrying out their crimes.  At this time there are no simple, comprehensive solutions, but there are a number of behaviors and safe guards that individuals can put into place once they know about them.

The goal of this section on Cyber Security is to help students become aware of the potential risks, to identify ways they can protect themselves and to be able to apply those practices in their computer usage at home.

A list of basic terminology related to cyber security is included on the next page.  If you would like a comprehensive list, go to the National Cyber Security Alliance’s glossary.

Have questions? Need more information? Wendy Leseman Hanshew Middle School Librarian leseman_wendy@asdk12.org 907-267-0207