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- The Basics
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- Protecting Your Home Computer
The Federal Bureau of Investigation provides extremely important information on protecting your home computer from hackers. - Glossary to Internet Terms
Confused about cookies? What to know what a blog is? Check here to find out! - Best Practices for Keeping Your Home Network Secure
The National Security Agency has some tips on protecting, monitoring, and maintaining your computer network at home. - Shredding Best Practices
The Do's and Don'ts of shredding - for home and office. - Connecting Your New Computer to the Internet
Tips for safely connecting a new (or newly upgraded) computer to the internet for the first time - Looks Too Good To Be True
A website filled with tips to help avoid Internet scam artists. - Email Scams - Recognizing and Avoiding
An introduction to what email scams are, how they work, and how to avoid them - Firewalls - Enabling the Built-in Windows or Mac OS-X Firewalls
Both operating systems have a built in Firewall that if used, can provide a higher level of security for your computer. - Hoax-Slayer.com
Hoax-Slayer is dedicated to debunking email hoaxes, thwarting Internet scammers, combating spam, and educating web users about email and Internet security issues. - Identity Theft Protection Tips
The Attorney General and the Consumer Protection Unit of the Department of Justice offer the following advice to protect citizens of Delaware from Identity Theft. - Office Desk Security Quiz
Is your office desk a secure environment? Take this online quiz and see. - Online Predators: Help Minimize the Risk
Using Internet communication tools such as chat rooms, e-mail, and instant messaging can put children at potential risk of encountering online predators. - Phishing IQ Test
How good are you at distinguishing between a 'real' email and a 'phishing' email? Take this online quiz and see. - Safe Web Surfing for Kids
While the internet can be an incredible tool, like anything, there are drawbacks and risks involved. These risks are especially significant to children using the internet. - Securing Your Wireless Home Network
Have a wireless home network and not sure if it's secure? These pages will quickly and easily ensure that you're protected. - Securing Your Web Browser
Configure your web browser for safer internet surfing - Snopes.com
This site is an Internet reference source for urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation. - Software License Agreements: Ignore at Your Own Risk
An overview of the risks computer users may incur by blindly agreeing to terms contained in software licensing agreements - Spam Elimination- Tips and Tools
What is Spam, and how to avoid it. - Virus Basics
An introduction to computer viruses, worms, and Trojans, and ways to avoid them.
- Protecting Your Home Computer
- General IT Security
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) - General IT Security
The Computer Security Division of NIST’s Information Technology Laboratory provides standards and technology to protect federal information systems against threats to the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information and services. - SANS Application Security Working Papers
This set of working papers will provide up-to-date information from "industry thought leaders and enterprise pros already leading the application security charge in the trenches".
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) - General IT Security
- What To Do If You're A Victim
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- Kids Safety: Reporting Trouble
- Internet Fraud Complaint Center
- Federal Trade Commission's ID Theft Page
- Being Controlled, Disrespected, or Pressured via Your Mobile, IM, or Social Network Accounts
- Groups Organized Against Cyber Crime
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- Anti-Phishing Working Group
- FBI Infragard
- ID Safety - Protecting the Real You, and Only You
- Internet Safety for Kids
- Technical Information
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- Available Tools / Virus Protection
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- K9 Web Protection (free)
- Lavasoft Ad-Aware (free)
- Windows Defender (free)
- Spybot Search & Destroy (free)
- Trend Micro Free Tools (free)
- McAfee SiteAdvisor (free)
- Delaware Cyber Security Laws
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- Title 6- Chapter 12b - COMPUTER SECURITY BREACHES
- Title 11-Chapter 5- SPECIFIC OFFENSES
- 932 - Unauthorized Access
- 933 - Theft of Computer Services
- 934 - Interruption of Computer Services
- 935 - Misuse of Computer System Information
- 936 - Destruction of Computer Equipment
- 937 - Unrequested or Unauthorized Electronic Mail or Use of Network or Software to Cause Same
- 938 - Failure to Promptly Cease Electronic Communication Upon Request
- 939 - Penalties
- 940 - Venue
- 941 - Remedies of Aggrieved Persons
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