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Safer Internet Day (SID) is organised by Insafe in February of each year to promote safer and more responsible use of online technology and mobile phones, especially among children and young people across the world.
Safer Internet Day 2019 will be celebrated on Tuesday 05 February 2019, with the strapline of ===> “Together for a better internet” <=== following the success of last year’s campaign.
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Check the video below, please, who explains about it.
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My participation for the SID2019
WHAT is special this year with my participation on SID2019?
I created a ===> #GlobalCollaboration#blog in 2017 <=== from @knolinfos (my pseudo on twitter) & @ICTPHMS& @kimmindy7 for #LEARNing about #DigitalCitizenShip. The authors are from Luxembourg/Europe (me), one female teacher from the USA and a male teacher from the USA WHO are using my blog post to learn together and sharing THEIR practice with YOU dear readers.
Well, there is a lot of different views about ===> Digital CitiZENship <=== WE will explore WHAT could be THE BEST way to teach and to learn about Digital CitiZENship (hashtag on Twitter is #digcit).
How does it come that I post Global-Collaboration blog posts? Well, once the #ProfessionalDevelopment is Upto-Date, one does understand THAT learning in a team brings out a win-win situation and that a generation exchange is benefit for all of the participants as anyone learns from each other. BTW: here below other Global-Collaboration blogs with teaching persons from Australia, USA, France, Luxembourg (me):
Cyber-Security is a shared responsibility, WE are ALL responsible for a more secure Internet and it is ===>OUR responsibility to build up the future for OUR kids, learners and students!<===
WE can do it by learning and teaching the basics of Cyber-Security and ALSO by helping international organizations such as “Safer Internet Day” to become a catalyst for such a difficult task!!!
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======> WE are living in a world of connected technology, Cyber-Security is a MUST!!! <======
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That is why I am participating on SID2019 with my FREE courses here:
MOTIVATION: Knowing NOW how important it is to take part of such a great Event, I encourage YOU ALL to take part of it by any possible action, even as a private person! I encourage especially private persons to display the banner from SID2019 on their blogsand/or websites
People who are on Twitter may use the hashtag #SID2019 to promote that Event, thanks for Helping to make the Internet a more secure place!
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L’auteur Gust MEES est Formateur andragogique / pédagogique TIC, membre du “Comité Conseil” de “Luxembourg Safer Internet” (LuSI), appelé maintenant BEESECURE, partenaire officiel (consultant) du Ministère de l’éducation au Luxembourg du projet ”MySecureIT“, partenaire officiel du Ministère du Commerce au Luxembourg du projet ”CASES” (Cyberworld Awareness andSecurityEnhancementStructure).
The author Gust MEES is ICT Course Instructor, ”Member of the Advisory Board” from “Luxembourg Safer Internet” (LuSI), BEESECURE, Official Partner (Consultant) from the Ministry of Education in Luxembourg, project “MySecureIT“, Official Partner from the Ministry of Commerce in Luxembourg, project “CASES” (Cyberworld Awareness and Security Enhancement Structure).
Critical Thinking AND Proactive Thinking a MUST in Modern-EDU! WHY!?
Looks to me as WE will live THE same as in 50’s-60’s with “James DEAN“, Living on the edge Youth & Society“, overload of information!? Change? At that time period it was TV, NOW it’s the internet, similarities? Well, I think so!! A NEW media showed up, the internet, and with the internet ALSO Social-Media. MOST of people are just consumers and DON’T see the dangers NOR do THEY accept THEM!! It’s a Virtual-World which THEY can’t imagine about HOW it will have an impact on Real-World!! BOTH, the Virtual-World and the Real-World are influencing each other!
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WE are facing actually (2017) “Fake News“, MOST coming and being sponsored by politics interests!!! Just follow “Donald TRUMP’s election campaign and his actually acting…” and YOU will understand WHAT is going on! I encourage YOU to go for “Deep-THINKing” about WHAT is happening in Virtual-World THAT will influence the Real-World!!!
Knowing THIS, you certainly agree with me that there is a MUST to learn about “Critical THINKing, but HOW!?? Please read my curation articles below:
Radical Pedagogy: Education has the power to change social inequality by nurturing a generation with an educated mistrust of everything that has been indoctrinated before. This educational stance is one that we must all strive for as the moral purpose of education.
Proactive-Thinking SHOULD be burned in into EVERY Educators, Teachers MIND! WHY!??? The MOST IMPORTANT for any education related persons should be THEIR students, learners and the how to to prepare THEM for THEIR future!!
THIS Proactive-Thinking results in getting informed about WHAT is the need from the workforce, industry etc. to make sure that the future workers, employees… will be able to help the country to stay competitive with well educated persons! Especially for NEW jobs who will be created because of ICT, where nearly no one knows WHAT those jobs could be!!
Therefore it is very important that Educators, Teachers focus THEIR Professional Development first on the skills that students, learners need to have!
AND as WE are working with ICT, it is MANDATORY that WE will have knowledge about Cyber Security to protect at its BEST OUR students, learners and THAT WE forward OUR knowledge to THEM!
Proactive-Thinking is ALSO a MUST in Makerspaces and MakerEd
To ensure the safety of OUR students, learners, WE MUST be informed about Safety-Rules when working with different tools and the possible dangers of those tools!!
And as usually, I remind YOU about the “Synthesizing Mind“!
Keywords for me to create this blog post: Actual Politics (Turkey, USA…), Cyber-Security, Bullying, Cyber-Bullying, Social Media, behavior, IS, Society, liberal thinking, NO LIMITS, living on the edge, understanding, overload of information?, FAKE NEWS,
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L’auteur Gust MEES est Formateur andragogique / pédagogique TIC, membre du “Comité Conseil” de “Luxembourg Safer Internet” (LuSI), appelé maintenant BEESECURE, partenaire officiel (consultant) du Ministère de l’éducation au Luxembourg du projet ”MySecureIT“, partenaire officiel du Ministère du Commerce au Luxembourg du projet ”CASES” (Cyberworld Awareness andSecurityEnhancementStructure).
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The author Gust MEES is ICT Course Instructor, ”Member of the Advisory Board” from “Luxembourg Safer Internet” (LuSI), BEESECURE, Official Partner (Consultant) from the Ministry of Education in Luxembourg, project “MySecureIT“, Official Partner from the Ministry of Commerce in Luxembourg, project “CASES” (Cyberworld Awareness and Security Enhancement Structure).
Through ICT the Real-World and especially the Virtual-World (both are influencing each other…) are changing quicker then WE can learn about, BUT WE must adapt to it and so must EDUcation! Therefore Universities must do research about the How-To to adapt and teaching about it… Luxembourg, a small country in Europe is doing so in September 2016, read more:
Luxembourg has already a “strategy to promote media literacy” as I got told in an interview, see image below please and click on the image to access the article.
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Click the image please to access the article.
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There is ALSO Finland WHO made a radical change to its EDUcation-Sytem, check below please: Finland uses <===> Phenomenon based learning
Meanwhile, before research finishes its studies, WE can already have a look on WHAT is NEW in Technology and WHAT probably would be of interest for EDUcation, as well as NEW Pedagogy Theories and NEW Trends:
Because of the internet and Social Media there is NOW ALSO a new way of learning through collaboration, Global Collaboration, Peer-To-Peer Learning, mentoring, coaching:
WHEN WE talk about “Entrepreneurship“, then WE MUST ALSO talking about “Blockchain and Bitcoin” as THEY are a Game-Changer in the future, check below please:
AND as WE are using ICT: internet with iPad, tablet, smartphones, laptops, PCs, Macs, small computers such as Arduino,Raspberry PI and Co, the “Internet of Things” WE MUST ALSO have basics knowledge of “CyberSecurity“, check below please:
MY experience described in ONLY some phrases: Give the LEARNers, students (whatever age) the freedom of LEARNing without squeezing THEM into a FRAME and concentrate on guiding them as a coach by analyzing THEIR behavior and show them the How-To to become self-directed learners, autodidacts. SHOW THEM ALSO up from the beginning WHAT THE <===> LEARNing Path <===> will be with design of it and explain THEM that they could design themselves it with a short introduction on the How-To. THEY will learn the ICT-PracTICE which will help them once out of the <===> #SchoolCocoon <===> to be ready for Life-Long LEARNing and to be able to adapt very quickly in the workforce! WHEN YOU show the LEARNers, students <===> WHAT the profit is for THEIR private life <===> YOU will engage them very quickly 😉 AND DON’T teach THEM more as necessary, propose them some links to go further ONLY for those who want!!
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WHAT’S my message and WHY did I create this blog post!?
Well, I will encourage all youth and also adults, seniors, oldies to become <===>Life-Long LEARNers <===> and staying Up-To-Date with their knowledge, especially concerning their skills in ICT, called NOW <===> #eSkills <===>! In the modern world YOU will change YOUR job probably +/- 12 times in YOUR working career, it is very rare to stay life-long in the same job and/or same company!!! SO… The workforce is looking for people with ICT skills which YOU mostly didn’t learn at school, right!?
YOU won’t have (mostly) the time to learn by visiting courses, right!? START to become Life-Long LEARNers by LEARNing on YOUR OWN pace, by becoming <===> Autodidacts <===> Self-Directed LEARNers. YOU are able to, I did it, so can YOU!? 😉
I found a job because of my ICT eSkills and I am STILL LEARNing on a daily base routine for being Up-To Date with my <===> Professional Development <===>, even being retired NOW! THE pleasure of LEARNing!
I did THE <===> ICT PracTICE <===> and THAT’S WHAT the workforce needs!!!
Due to my eSkills I could share my knowledge AND expertise ALSO with the below mentioned as well as to a broad range of visitors from around the globe!
AND check my profile below as well, at the bottom of this blog post please! 😉
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Keywords necessary for me to create this blog post: Augmented Reality. #AR, Virtual Reality, #VR, Gaming, Coding, #MakerED, Personalized Learning, Coaching, Instructional Coaching, Teacherpreneur, Enterpreneurship, Problem based Learning, #PBL, Social Media, Twitter, Blogs, blogging, Curation, Google Hangouts, Apps as facilitators, NEW Pedagogy, Critical Thinking, Proactive Thinking, Cyber-Security, ICT related, Quality, Team Teaching, Team Learning, Collaboration, Global Collaboration, sharing, Learning To Learn, preparation for Life-Long Learning, Professional Learning Networks, Professional Knowledge Management, Parents involved in EDUcation of kids, MORE communication, SchoolCocoon will be MORE open, nearly everything will get taught through the use of ICT, #eSkills, Competency based learning, Blended learning, Pedagogy & #EdTech, Mindmaps, ThingLink, Infographics, Apps as facilitators,
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L’auteur Gust MEES est Formateur andragogique / pédagogique TIC, membre du “Comité Conseil” de “Luxembourg Safer Internet” (LuSI), appelé maintenant BEESECURE, partenaire officiel (consultant) du Ministère de l’éducation au Luxembourg du projet ”MySecureIT“, partenaire officiel du Ministère du Commerce au Luxembourg du projet ”CASES” (Cyberworld Awareness andSecurityEnhancementStructure).
The author Gust MEES is ICT Course Instructor, ”Member of the Advisory Board” from “Luxembourg Safer Internet” (LuSI), BEESECURE, Official Partner (Consultant) from the Ministry of Education in Luxembourg, project “MySecureIT“, Official Partner from the Ministry of Commerce in Luxembourg, project “CASES” (Cyberworld Awareness and Security Enhancement Structure).
Why (And How) Teachers Should Start Learning and Teaching Cyber-Security
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What should get be taught and learned more in the 21st Century while using ICT?
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Being online since 1998 and giving courses aboutICT more than 10 years the practiceand my online excursions show me that IT-Security (basics of Cyber-Security) and Internet-Safety are not yet taught enough. SeriouslyI think there is a need to talk and teach about existing laws in different countries and show the learners that they have not ONLY rights but also responsibilities; teachers the same for YOU 😉
In the 21st Century, Education has a BIG responsibility to adapt to the very quick change in the world and to teach the students the knowledge they need and which are required to fulfill the market’s needs!
The market’s needs are ALSO to employ people with the basics of Cyber-Security knowledge as a modern company needs to protect its online reputation and a data loss could be lethal to them, their ruin eventually! SO, the new employees is the students coming out of school, College, High school, Universities; ALL of them need to have the basic knowledge of Cyber-Security to be competitive in a working market where there is more and more unemployment worldwide…
===> A company would take advantage of a new employee who as already the necessary knowledge of Cyber-Security as the company doesn’t need to train him, which saves it a lot of money! <===
HOW COULD THAT BE IN PRACTICE???
First of all I recommend you to read some books to understand, I recommend books from Howard GARDNER and Daniel GOLEMAN.
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5 Minds For The Future (Howard GARDNER) to understand what the world needs for abilities from students in 21st Century…
The Disciplinary Mind: the mastery of major schools of thought, including science, mathematics, and history, and of at least one professional craft.
The Synthesizing Mind: the ability to integrate ideas from different disciplines or spheres into a coherent whole and to communicate that integration to others.
The Creating Mind: the capacity to uncover and clarify new problems, questions and phenomena.
The Respectful Mind: awareness of and appreciation for differences among human beings and human groups.
The Ethical Mind: fulfillment of one’s responsibilities as a worker and as a citizen.
There is “Over Confidence” as it is exactly that! I don’t make a war of different OS, but one must be aware today that Nobody Is Perfect, attacks and vulnerabilities are showing us that, see here please:
A group of children in Alaska took over their classroom computers after phishing account details from teachers. They asked teachers at Schoenbar Middle School, for 12 to 13-year-olds, to enter admin names and passwords to accept a false software update, according to reports.
Seriously and convinced, I think that there is a MUST to teach the basics of Cyber-Security by Education in any schools around in the world, and this up from the early age! The kids will understand it very quickly, they are more intelligent as most adults think as their computers and Smartphones are the (nearly) most important to them! I have worked together with teens (11 years old and +) and showed them How To protect their computers and how to stay informed about new threats, that was a piece of cake for them, I even didn’t think that it could be that easy, I was surprised! Convincing adults is (???) more (very) hard!
So, how could that be in practice? That was the question I asked myself (oh yes, I thought a lot…) and here are my propositions and advice:
Apart from teaching the basics of Cyber-Security in schoolsby traditional learning, one should try ALSO to involve and engage youth in that process of learning, learning by doing and learning to have responsibility! IT’s ALL about responsibility anyway when working and using ICT (BYOD included)! This could be realized with a piece of theater (it took me a year of development) where they could be involved as actors (players) and also by giving them the feeling of being an IT-Hero by becoming Security-Scouts. Sounds strange? Check the links below to learn more:
I created a detailed blog about “Bring Your Own Device” (BYOD) who explains the Dangers, Risks, Policy, Advantages and ALSO Awareness for Cyber-Security on following address (READ IT!):
Internet-Safety ALONE isn’t anymore enough to teach in schools! By having read the above and understood it, YOU should admit that Internet-Safetyand basic knowledge ofCyber-SecurityTOGETHER are a MUST to teach in schools!
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PS: Give your brain a kick and start thinking on how yourselves can contribute for a more secure Internet, the solutions are described here in this blog 😉
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===> We are ALL responsible for a more secure Internet! <===
Some wise words:
With realization of one’s own potential and self-confidence in one’s ability, one can build a better world. Dalai Lama
By developing a sense of concern for others’ well-being, then no matter what others’ attitudes are, you can keep inner peace. Dalai Lama
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===> Every day, an estimated 1 million people worldwide are victims of Cybercrime. <===
Lots of Schools are using BYOD ===> Cyber-Security is a MUST then!
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When schools, Colleges and Universities are facing a Downtime due to Malware, so are the courses online NOT available, nor can the learners, students access the necessary educational stuff for their learning, communication and sharing! This is a lost of time ===>
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EdTech versus ICT?
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Tonight on April 29, 2013 there will be a Twitter-Chat about this TOPIC which I will (hopefully) follow as it is at 8 pm, which means at 02:00 am in my country and it’s running 1 hour!
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It looks like there is a big problem between the IT-department in schools and the Teachers as in some institutions Social Media is forbidden and a lot of restrictions to resources are made, which is certainly NOT a big pleasure for the educators, nor for the learners! AND it doesn’t reflect 21st Century Mentality at ALL!
Lots of schools don’t have a professional IT-Admin, a person who has learned about IT-Security and who has the necessary skills about IT-Security, so here some Tips at least to give them some help:
I created a very easy to follow plan on how schools could make Cyber-Security (IT-Security) much more easy for the IT-Admin when it would get followed; BUT the IT-AdminSHOULD try to make it aREFLEX on any FRIDAYthus to remind people of the Security-Task! That’s why I created on Twitter the #Hashtag ===> #FSCD <=== which means “Friday Security Check Day“!!!
Infographics, Videos and Curation as a pedagogical help for Learning
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Over the years I have collected and curated a lot of Infographics and videos about IT-Security, Cyber-Security, Internet-Safety, Online-safety, eSafety, eCitizen, Digital Citizen, Digital CitizenShip which are a great way for learners, students to learn on a very quick way, you may check the resources here:
Me profiting from when I help other people, it is me who gives something and not the other person???” Such may be your thinking, but…There are new ways in Psychology who are describing this very well such as:
Barbara FREDRICKSON: Her main work is related to her broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions, which suggests that positive emotions lead to novel, expansive, or exploratory behavior, and that, over time, these actions lead to meaningful, long-term resources such as knowledge and social relationships.
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When I do something for other people, I feel good, “says Peterson“. When you do something voluntarily for others, not only for its own interests, it is rewarded. In some mysterious way, serve as an “altruistic” (the opposite of selfishness) gives his own life more important. It seems that nature have put it in our genes, or that people are happy when they have the spirit of sharing, community spirit.
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===> SO, don’t forget please, to share this blog with others! WE are ALL responsible for a more secure Internet! <===
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Final Word
If this blog makes you think and your grey cells are getting activated, so that your filter situated between your two ears (your brain) starts to get more activities as usual, than the author is very happy. Thus meaning that my message(s) made move something. Feel free to leave a constructive message…
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===> Every day, an estimated 1 million people worldwide are victims of Cybercrime. <===
L’auteur Gust MEES est Formateur andragogique / pédagogique TIC, membre du “Comité Conseil” de “Luxembourg Safer Internet” (LuSI), appelé maintenant BEESECURE, partenaire officiel (consultant) du Ministère de l’éducation au Luxembourg du projet ”MySecureIT“, partenaire officiel du Ministère du Commerce au Luxembourg du projet ”CASES” (Cyberworld Awareness andSecurityEnhancementStructure).
The author Gust MEES is ICT Course Instructor, ”Member of the Advisory Board” from “Luxembourg Safer Internet” (LuSI), BEESECURE, Official Partner (Consultant) from the Ministry of Education in Luxembourg, project “MySecureIT“, Official Partner from the Ministry of Commerce in Luxembourg, project “CASES” (Cyberworld Awareness and Security Enhancement Structure).
Read, think, learn and share over Social Media… Security is everyone’s responsibility! We are ALL responsible for the Internet’s future!
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===> “Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.” Marie Curie <===
KEYWORDS FOR THIS FREE COURSE and what you will learn:
“Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it.”
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Basics of Cyber-Security Practice, Proactive Thinking, Cyber-Hygiene, hygiene, Awareness, motivation, engagement, heroes, Security-Scouts, critical thinking, stay out of the box, adapt to new technologies, be aware of the malware, nobody is perfect, knowing the dangers and risks, responsibility, responsibility of School, responsibility of Education, responsibility of IT-Admin, responsibilities of BYOD users, Apple insecurity, Insecurity of Apps, Principals responsibilities, Mobile Device Management (MDM), Mobile Application Management (MAM), risks of BYOD, BYOD-Policy, IT-Security Infrastructure, Teacher-Parents Meeting, Cyberwar, Cyberwarfare, Government, Internet-Safety, IT-Security knowledge basics, UK govt encourages insurers to reward good IT security…
The weakest link in the Security Chain is the human! If you don’t respect certain advice you will get tricked by the Cyber-Criminals!
===> NOBODY is perfect! A security by 100% doesn’t exist! <===
===> “Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.” – Marie Curie – <===
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Protecting the organization’s network and its data from attack and misuse requires more than just a BYOD mentality; establishing secure, mobile-enabled operations requires a mobility access control program that includes corporate-provisioned, approved employee- and partner-owned devices as well as unmanaged guest devices.
Learn in one week how to get Best protection/Introduction
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In previous blogs I have presented already the different security programs who help us to stay secure on Internet and not to infect others in the community because our computer is infected! The text below is just a reminder:
In the real world our car needs some maintenance and technical control to make sure that there is no danger to other participants in traffic (pedestrians and drivers…), so the same in the virtual world. Our computer is the “virtual car” who is driving on the “Data Highway” (Internet), it needs maintenance and especially care about IT-Security and safety…
I will prepare seven (7) different blogs, one for each day of the week so you don’t need a lot of time to spend for installing the programs and to get used to them… These blogs will refer anyway to the already published blogs and/or would be a simple copy with practical advice and you can use them how you would like. One per day or if you have the necessary time, even more, up to you…
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Learn in one week how to get Best protection-The Practice
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I will divide the tasks through a whole week, so it will be very easy for you to find the necessary time to achieve them, those who have the necessary time can, of course, achieve more tasks…
Installing WOT + McAfee SiteAdvisor for knowing which websites are trustful and which ones are malicious! “WOT” ALONE isn’t enough! My experience over years 😉
Use BitDefender QuickScan and scan your computer! Find out if your computer is clean. It only takes a few seconds.Install Secunia Personal Software Inspector, which is checking and automating updates of Third Party Programs.
Sunday: Use the Sunday for a relax check if everything is OK! It takes ONLY 5 minutes. Use the “Security Score” Software to check if everything is OK! 5 minutes ONLY!
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As you can see in the table “Necessary Time”, most actions need ONLY 5-10 minutes! Eaaaaaaaasy to follow and to use, what are you waiting for!? 😉
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For those who have the necessary time: I suggest to you to install first the FREE program “Security Score” (for WINDOWS ONLY) and start to check after your Tuesday-Task and after any days task to see the evolution of your security score! This will probably make you more confident and you certainly will try to reach a better “Security Score”, this for your motivation… Try it out:
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Protect your Smartphone and be aware of malicious QR-Codes
As it is impossible to see ONLY by viewing the QR-Code to detect if it redirects to an infected website, it is a MUST to install a QR-Reader who controls before sending you to the website! I recommend:
For Apple devices: ALL the updates must be installed also!
Third Party Programs are responsible for 78% of vulnerabilities!!! What are Third Party Applications (Programs)?Knowing that third party programs also are vulnerable, we must also update them! Use SECUNIA PSI to update automatically third party programs https://secunia.com/
Browsers (ALL) need to get updated! This is also a MUST for Apple devices!
While using “BYOD” (Bring Your Own Device), we ALL (Teachers, Educators and Learners) are responsible, not the IT-Admin alone!
While using “BYOD” we need a strong “BYOD-Policy” at least!
While using “BYOD” it is recommended to have also a “MDM” (Mobile Device Management)!
It is recommended to organize a “Teacher-Parents-Meeting” to explain the parents that their kids are safe in your school, explaining them the efforts you make and asking them also to help their kids to respect the “BYOD-Policy”!
The weakest link in the Security Chain is the human! If you don’t respect certain advice you will get tricked by the Cyber-Criminals!
===> NOBODY is perfect! A security by 100% doesn’t exist! <===
Protecting the organization’s network and its data from attack and misuse requires more than just a BYOD mentality; establishing secure, mobile-enabled operations requires a mobility access control program that includes corporate-provisioned, approved employee- and partner-owned devices as well as unmanaged guest devices.
===> I created a new Hashtag: #FSCD which means “Friday Security Check Day” + will remind YOU any Friday 2 check your devices 4 updates <===
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L’auteur Gust MEES est Formateur andragogique / pédagogique TIC, membre du “Comité Conseil” de “Luxembourg Safer Internet” (LuSI), appelé maintenant BEESECURE, partenaire officiel (consultant) du Ministère de l’éducation au Luxembourg du projet ”MySecureIT“, partenaire officiel du Ministère du Commerce au Luxembourg du projet ”CASES” (Cyberworld Awareness andSecurityEnhancementStructure).
The author Gust MEES is ICT Course Instructor, ”Member of the Advisory Board” from “Luxembourg Safer Internet” (LuSI), BEESECURE, Official Partner (Consultant) from the Ministry of Education in Luxembourg, project “MySecureIT“, Official Partner from the Ministry of Commerce in Luxembourg, project “CASES” (Cyberworld Awareness and Security Enhancement Structure).
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Read, think, learn and share over Social Media… Security is everyone’s responsibility! We are ALL responsible for Internet’s future!
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===> “Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.” Marie Curie <===
Cyber-Hygiene: Hygiene for ICT in Education and Business, sounds strange isn’t it? I will tell you about what it is, try to convince you why we should use it and getting used to it, it’s similar as Hygiene in real world…
Cyber-Hygiene: ICT Hygiene for Population, Education and Business
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KEYWORDS FOR THIS FREE COURSE and what you will learn:
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Proactive Thinking, Cyber-Hygiene, hygiene, Awareness, motivation, engagement, heroes, Security-Scouts, critical thinking, stay out of the box, adapt to new technologies, be aware of the malware, nobody is perfect, knowing the dangers and risks, responsibility, responsibility of School, responsibility of Education, responsibility of IT-Admin, responsibilities of BYOD users, Apple insecurity, Insecurity of Apps, Principals responsibilities, Mobile Device Management (MDM), Mobile Application Management (MAM), risks of BYOD, BYOD-Policy, IT-Security Infrastructure, Teacher-Parents Meeting, Cyberwar, Cyberwarfare, Government, Internet-Safety, IT-Security knowledge basics, UK govt encourages insurers to reward good IT security…
The weakest link in the Security Chain is the human! If you don’t respect certain advice you will get tricked by the Cyber-Criminals!
===> NOBODY is perfect! A security by 100% doesn’t exist! <===
===> “Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.” – Marie Curie – <===
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Protecting the organization’s network and its data from attack and misuse requires more than just a BYOD mentality; establishing secure, mobile-enabled operations requires a mobility access control program that includes corporate-provisioned, approved employee- and partner-owned devices as well as unmanaged guest devices.
We need to compare real world with virtual world to understand
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When we talk about Hygiene in real life we mean taking our daily shower or bath, washing often enough the hands, brushing the teeth minimum twice a day and we must talk also about health; thus meaning: visiting the doctor regularly to avoid serious problems, especially up from a certain age… Hygiene means taking care of our body to have best health and also the responsibility not to infect other people because of bad hygiene and bad health! We need also to be informed about how to stay health by following hygiene tips provided by Education and also by the “Health Ministry”, where we find folders on different places and in 21st Century also now on Internet… We get also taught on practices which are dangerous… That’s the awareness about…
In real world our car needs some maintenance and technical control to make sure that there is no danger for other participants in traffic (pedestrians and drivers…), so the same in virtual world. Our computer is the “virtual car” who is driving on the “Data Highway” (Internet), it needs maintenance and especially care about IT-Security and safety…
So, when working with a computer and “BYOD” (Bring Your Own Device), where “BYOD” is not only computers but also tablets and smartphones, we need to take care of them, whatever “Operating System” (OS) is installed! Otherwise if these devices don’t have the right maintenance and the right “Hygiene” they could infect other Internet users; whereby “Cyber-Hygiene” means here:
Having installed the last updates of the “OS” (Microsoft Windows updates, Mac updates, Linux updates and others…)
Having installed a firewall and an antivirus on any device (ALL OS…)
Being protected against “Third Party Applications” by updating ALL other installed programs on the computer
Being protected on your smartphones with at least an antivirus for whichever “OS” (Android, iPhone, Windows Phone…) See non exhaustive list of protection (not sponsored) below:
Mikko Hypponen: Fighting viruses, defending the net
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National Cybersecurity Awareness Month Advocates Good “Cyber Hygiene”
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Check also what CIO.GOV An Official Website of the United States Government says: Surfing the web. Social networking. Shopping. Even the most innocuous online activities can pose a threat to our nation’s cybersecurity, and all Americans should play a part in protecting it.
We need to build up a Cyber-Hygiene Culture/How-To
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We need to build up a Cyber-Hygiene Culture for a more secure Internet and in this culture we are ALL involved as Internet is a global Network and we could help a lot by using the “Social Medias” to this by sharing our good practices with others…
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Learn more about “Social Media and its Influence” here: .
This Cyber-Culture-Hygiene could get build up by the already mentioned propositions in this blog and also from IT-Security Experts and people with very good knowledge about IT-Security on an volunteer-base as I did and still will doing as described in my following blog:
The above Infographic is only an estimation, but I agree with it that Cyber-Crime will become more important as already NOW TV’s with mini-computer have vulnerabilitieshttp://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet?tag=TV, the rest you could imagine yourself! You should think also on the raise of “Bring Your Own Device” (Hashtag = #BYOD), so there are more and more people using their own devices on work, devices who could represent a danger and risks for the Network the are connecting to if not well secured; switch on your Critical-Thinking please! We need a Proactive-Thinking!
Don’t forget that a security by 100% doesn’t exist and that in the future any fridge, TV, and other technical domestic device will include a mini-computer who can connect to Internet! And any mini-computer is vulnerable… By knowing NOW the facts we see the reality, we are well informed NOW and our Critical Thinking should make us understand that Cyber-Hygiene is a MUST!
We need new ideas how this Cyber-Hygiene-Culture could get build up
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Some say that it is very difficult to build up a Cyber-Hygiene-Culture and they are right with it because persons need first to understand the “invisible threats” and “attacks” which are present! I invite you to read my “curation” about it here:
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Curation (selected quality aggregation) about the reality on Internet of the dangers and what happened already, such as Cyber-Security, Cyber-War, Cyber-warfare, Cyber-Crime…
By having read these articles you will be able to understand the risks by using your critical thinking and you will be able to understand also why it is necessary toteach and to use a “Cyber-Hygiene” and also to share your new acquiredknowledge with others…
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Concerning new ideas, I share already since 2003-2004 a lot of ideas on How-To a “Cyber-Hygiene” could get used, please check here:
Is this “Cyber-Hygiene” advice only a help for Education?
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As already mentioned above and in the title of this blog, not ONLY for Education, but also for business and of course more then ever NOW also for the whole population as the majority of people around the world are using Internet and that in the future there will be morepeople using Internet and this certainly more with smartphones than with computers!!!
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Any device connected to Internet needs to get protected, so also smartphones! Check also some FREE Apps here:
How could Cyber-Hygiene get introduced to Business?
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I suggest that the IT-Admin of each company organizes meetings with the companies staff where he and the managers explain to the staff the dangers of “BYOD” and “BYOT” and that the technical staff elaborates also a strong “User-Policy” whereby any employee needs to check his device on the end of the week for updates and security updates! This event will take only between 15 min-30 minutes and should be a MUST! IT-Admin could block access to devices who are not conform to those mentioned Policy! Employees will so not only get used to IT-Security and Awareness on work, but will know so also the reflexes for at home in private life and by knowing these reflexes they will certainly also tell their children at home as well and probably also their acquaintances…
An article from Forbes (7/14/2012) that you must read: “The threat is serious, and the time to prepare for it is now. The increasingly sophisticated tools to change the world are in everyone’s hands as new technologies are introduced, but they are in the hands of criminals.” It’s the wild west in this new technological frontier and we will see who outsmarts whom.
Goodman’s big idea is to have ordinary citizens around the world leverage these very same technologies for good, and to play a more prominent role in maintaining the safety and security of themselves and other citizens.
What did we learn and what we MUST learn for a more secure Internet
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WHAT YOU MUST KNOW!
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We are ALL responsible for a secure Internet!
Automatic Windows Update must be enabled
For Apple devices: ALL the updates must be installed also!
Third Party Programs are responsible for 78% of vulnerabilities!!! What are Third Party Applications (Programs)?Knowing that third party programs are vulnerable also, we must update them also! Use SECUNIA PSI to update automatically third party programs https://secunia.com/
Browsers (ALL) need to get updated! This is also a MUST for Apple devices!
While using “BYOD” (Bring Your Own Device), we ALL (Teachers, Educators and Learners) are responsible, not the IT-Admin alone!
While using “BYOD” we need a strong “BYOD-Policy” at least!
While using “BYOD” it is recommended to have also a “MDM” (Mobile Device Management)!
It is recommend to organize a “Teacher-Parents-Meeting” to explain the parents that their kids are safe in your school, explaining them the efforts you make and asking them also to help their kids to respect the “BYOD-Policy”!
The weakest link in the Security Chain is the human! If you don’t respect certain advice you will get tricked by the Cyber-Criminals!
===> NOBODY is perfect! A security by 100% doesn’t exist! <===
Protecting the organization’s network and its data from attack and misuse requires more than just a BYOD mentality; establishing secure, mobile-enabled operations requires a mobility access control program that includes corporate-provisioned, approved employee- and partner-owned devices as well as unmanaged guest devices.
===> I created a new Hashtag: #FSCD which means “Friday Security Check Day” + will remind YOU any Friday 2 check your devices 4 updates <===
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L’auteur Gust MEES est Formateur andragogique / pédagogique TIC, membre du “Comité Conseil” de “Luxembourg Safer Internet” (LuSI), appelé maintenant BEESECURE, partenaire officiel (consultant) du Ministère de l’éducation au Luxembourg du projet ”MySecureIT“, partenaire officiel du Ministère du Commerce au Luxembourg du projet ”CASES” (Cyberworld Awareness andSecurityEnhancementStructure).
The author Gust MEES is ICT Course Instructor, ”Member of the Advisory Board” from “Luxembourg Safer Internet” (LuSI), BEESECURE, Official Partner (Consultant) from the Ministry of Education in Luxembourg, project “MySecureIT“, Official Partner from the Ministry of Commerce in Luxembourg, project “CASES” (Cyberworld Awareness and Security Enhancement Structure).
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Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) is more complex than most people know, read further to learn…
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The weakest link in the Security Chain is the human! If you don’t respect certain advice you will get tricked by the Cyber-Criminals!
===> NOBODY is perfect! A security by 100% doesn’t exist! <===
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Protecting the organization’s network and its data from attack and misuse requires more than just a BYOD mentality; establishing secure, mobile-enabled operations requires a mobility access control program that includes corporate-provisioned, approved employee- and partner-owned devices as well as unmanaged guest devices.
Most of articles, blogs and Tweets written by educational people are showing the advantages of “Bring Your Own Device” (Hashtag for Twitter = #BYOD) and they embrace very well BYOD, which I do also; but…
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There are some more things to consider such as:
A BYOD Policy in the campus, school…
Prepare for BYOD in your organization, thus meaning: training for ALL!
Read my complete curation about BYOD it here: http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching?q=BYODwhere you will find also best articles and blogs who describe at it best what BYOD is as well as blogs from teachers who explain the benefits for Education…
===> Read and learn also about IT-Security, YES that is a MUST in 21st Century in Education, especially when using BYOD: <===
Responsability as eCitizen (Digital Citizen) for the Government, be a good patriot and know how to defend your Government against Cyber-Attacks and Cyberwar, why and how?
Principals: did you also think about your Schools, University reputation!? Imagine that there will be a data-breach, the Press would talk about and your reputation then!? You need to get protected by having a strong BYOD-Policy and a strong IT-Security infrastructure, think on that please…
===> The above mentioned must be included in Education and especially when using BYOD, read these blogs and curated articles and you will understand that they are a MUST 😉 <===
Suggestions for a good BYOD Policy
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We need to know and to understand first that “Nobody Is Perfect”, no OS (Operating System) is 100% secure and there are vulnerabilities present, which need to get updated asap! This is not ONLY the IT-Admin’s task and responsibility, but our own responsibility!
===> There is a need to for a healthy Cyber-Culture, a Cyber-Hygiene introduction for a more secure Internet! Read more: Cyber-Hygiene <===
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Why our responsibility?
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The IT-Admin’s responsibility is to keep secure the School’s Network and to keep it safe from Malware and attacks; if it’s a good IT-Admin with good IT-Security knowledge he will even block infected devices to access the school network, that’s his good right! So imagine that you give courses with BYOD Infrastructure and some devices are infected and the IT-Admin blocks those, your course couldn’t get held as not all of your learners can access the school network, not funny at all that situation, isn’t it?
My suggestions to prevent this is to organize a weekly security day in school for any class where the learners together with the teachers control their devices for latest updates and antivirus updates to make sure that they all are secure and don’t represent a danger and risks for the school network! Check the image below and read also the complete report from McAfee…
I suggest also that some teachers with good IT-Security knowledgecreate a “Security Club” in school where they train the learners about “IT-Security” to become “Security Scouts“, people with good IT-Security knowledge who can help others to stay secure. You will build up a secure community and the “Security Scouts” will be proud about their title and their responsible function. YES, responsibility that’s the right word which needs to get spread! In 21st Century Learning IT-Security and Internet-Safety are a MUST and should get maintained! Give a help to create the new 21st Century Heroes, the “IT-Security Scouts“!
Find below my blogs and other resources on How-To:
Text from Higher Education-Data Breach[Start]Institutions of higher learning need to think like businesses AND consider the enormous financial and reputational dangers of a data breach. Unlike many businesses, colleges and universities are under constant attack, from within as well as without. [End]
A School Network has also data bases where the information of the learners are stored and which needs to kept private! Most countries have even laws about Privacy where the head of school could get taken responsible by court for a data breach, thus meaning: the principal would face severe punishment by law if the private data of the school staff and the learners would be made public by a data breach due to no IT-Security Policy in School’s.
Best way is that the Principal and his staff talks together with the IT-Admin on How-To build up best protection, especially when using BYOD, as BYOD could be dangerous and security risks are present in the School Network… There is also to consider supplement costs because of new staff for IT-Security and the costs of the whole IT-Security Infrastructure…
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Protecting the organization’s network and its data from attack and misuse requires more than just a BYOD mentality; establishing secure, mobile-enabled operations requires a mobility access control program that includes corporate-provisioned, approved employee- and partner-owned devices as well as unmanaged guest devices.
Lot of schools don’t have a professional IT-Admin, a person who has learned about IT-Security and who has the necessary skillsabout IT-Security, so here some Tips at least to give them some help:
It is recommend to organize a “Teacher-Parents-Meeting” to explain the parents that their kids are safe in your school, explaining them the efforts you make and asking them also to help their kids to respect the “BYOD-Policy”!
Parents could help their kids to achieve a weekly security task, reminding them about to do it by rewarding them and also by “punishing” them with a “Task-List“, check my FREE Online Google docs here:
What did we learn and what we must follow and respect!
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WHAT YOU MUST KNOW!
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Automatic Windows Update must be enabled
For Apple devices: ALL the updates must be installed also!
Third Party Programs are responsible for 78% of vulnerabilities!!! What are Third Party Applications (Programs)?Knowing that third party programs are vulnerable also, we must update them also! Use SECUNIA PSI to update automatically third party programs https://secunia.com/
Browsers (ALL) need to get updated! This is also a MUST for Apple devices!
While using “BYOD” (Bring Your Own Device), we ALL (Teachers, Educators and Learners) are responsible, not the IT-Admin alone!
While using “BYOD” we need a strong “BYOD-Policy” at least!
While using “BYOD” it is recommended to have also a “MDM” (Mobile Device Management)!
It is recommend to organize a “Teacher-Parents-Meeting” to explain the parents that their kids are safe in your school, explaining them the efforts you make and asking them also to help their kids to respect the “BYOD-Policy”!
The weakest link in the Security Chain is the human! If you don’t respect certain advice you will get tricked by the Cyber-Criminals!
===> NOBODY is perfect! A security by 100% doesn’t exist! <===
Protecting the organization’s network and its data from attack and misuse requires more than just a BYOD mentality; establishing secure, mobile-enabled operations requires a mobility access control program that includes corporate-provisioned, approved employee- and partner-owned devices as well as unmanaged guest devices.
L’auteur Gust MEES est Formateur andragogique / pédagogique TIC, membre du “Comité Conseil” de “Luxembourg Safer Internet” (LuSI), appelé maintenant BEESECURE, partenaire officiel (consultant) du Ministère de l’éducation au Luxembourg du projet ”MySecureIT“, partenaire officiel du Ministère du Commerce au Luxembourg du projet ”CASES” (Cyberworld Awareness andSecurityEnhancementStructure).
The author Gust MEES is ICT Course Instructor, ”Member of the Advisory Board” from “Luxembourg Safer Internet” (LuSI), BEESECURE, Official Partner (Consultant) from the Ministry of Education in Luxembourg, project “MySecureIT“, Official Partner from the Ministry of Commerce in Luxembourg, project “CASES” (Cyberworld Awareness and Security Enhancement Structure).
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