How can you stay secure online?
PARAGRAPH 1: Have you or someone you know received a suspicious communication?
- Can you describe the situation in which the suspicious communication was received?
- How did this suspicious communication come?
- Why was this communication suspicious? What made the communication seem illegitimate?
- What was the response to the suspicious communication?
- Were there any repercussions from receiving this suspicious communication?
PARAGRAPH 2: What steps can you take when a suspicious communication is received?- Do you have up-to-date anti-virus software on your computer? Why or why not?
- Do you believe that anti-virus software would have been effective to help in the aforementioned situation in paragraph 1?
- Upon review of the tips in the webtext, what would be different in the situation from paragraph 1?
- What other habits do you think will help with future suspicious communication?
- What is one piece of advice you would give a new student coming into this course on how to be safe online?
CLOSING: Include a closing by signing your post with your preferred name so that my team and your fellow classmates know how to address you in the discussion forum.
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