A cyber security expert who spoke at Northampton Community College offers tips for protecting yourself from identify theft and other online dangers.
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Wednesday, March 13
Kristina Dorville, director of cybersecurity awareness programs for the Department of Homeland Security, spoke at Northampton Community College recently. One in five Americans has fallen victim to a cyber crime, she said. Read a detailed story about Dorville's presentation here. Dorville's tips are: For more information about how to stay safe online, check out Homeland Security's site at www.dhs.gov/stopthinkconnect.
NCC will offer a free March 7 program on how individuals can protect themselves from cyber security threats
Northampton Community College will host a program on cyber security on Thursday, March 7, at 11 a.m. in Room 220 of the College Center at 3835 Green Pond Road in Bethlehem. The program is part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s national Cybersecurity Awareness Campaign, “Stop.Think.Connect.” It will focus on how individuals and entire communities can protect themselves against growing cyber threats. The session will include remarks from two cyber security experts and will cover both general and technical aspects of cyber security. One of the presenters will be Kristina Dorville, a graduate of Liberty High School who now works for the Department of Homeland Security. The program will be free and open to the public as well as …
Anonymous Poster
6:25 pm on Monday, March 18, 2013
Using a secure browser (Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Opera are all good options; Internet Explorer is pretty terrible in terms of security fixes), and using extensions that protect your privacy (HTTPS Everywhere, Ghostery, and Adblock Plus) are two easy ways to increase your security online, and decrease the risk that someone might hack into your machine. more ›