It's Cybersecurity Awareness Week

This week marks National Cybersecurity Awareness Week, a Government initiative held annually which helps raise awareness of some of the risks we can run into in the online space.

We all use the internet for many things – socialising, researching, learning, banking, shopping…. the list goes on, but how do we know we are being safe? How do we know that our details are secure? How do we know that our kids are protected online?

Stay Smart Online is a Government website which helps educate Australians on internet security – there are many tips and tricks provided so if internet security is something you would like to know more about, this is the place to start!

http://www.staysmartonline.gov.au/awareness_raising/awareness_week

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69 Comments

- - catgrrl3 said
  - 23 May 2014
    4:42 pm
this should not be contained to a week, but something more spread out overthe year

- - Gracelow said
  - 12 May 2014
    9:00 pm
Didn’t know that there’s a cybersecurity awarenes week. Thanks for sharing

- - mummy liana said
  - 24 Mar 2014
    11:13 pm
thank you sharing this article good read

- - mummy liana said
  - 03 Mar 2014
    11:58 pm
thanks for sharing was a great read

- - angel_mon said
  - 08 Feb 2014
    3:08 pm
Parents need to be so super vigilent, aware and educated these days

- - vikram77 said
  - 29 Jan 2014
    2:15 am
Thanks a lot for sharing. I enjoyed reading it.

- - yyon4699 said
  - 26 Jan 2014
    1:07 pm
Thank you for sharing this article with us

- - ljsalomon said
  - 02 Jan 2014
    11:13 pm
Helpful info – thanks for sharing.

- - jadeeeee said
  - 18 Dec 2013
    9:57 pm
good information, thanks for sharing

- - coppin85 said
  - 15 Dec 2013
    3:54 pm
Thanks for the great info

- - meimei said
  - 06 Dec 2013
    12:03 pm
Useful information – thank you

- - coppin85 said
  - 11 Nov 2013
    1:02 pm
This should definitely be all year!

- - poeticmumma said
  - 07 Nov 2013
    10:06 pm
So many risks, and you can be cyber-bullied no matter what age. So important to know what our kids are doing online.
- angel_mon replied
  
  08 Feb 2014 , 3:10 pm
  Thank you for writing you can be cyber bullied at any age, dont read that a lot these days it seems to only focussed on kids and teens. Sincerely from a cyber bully victim aged 40 (my bully was older than me)
  - ginoula5 replied
    
    18 Aug 2014 , 1:59 pm
    
    Agreed, cyber bullying can occur at any age, wish their was more out there for adult cyber bullying.
- - catgrrl3 said
  - 31 Oct 2013
    1:38 pm
this should run the whole year

- - meimei said
  - 27 Oct 2013
    5:58 pm
Son too young to use Internet.

- - barch said
  - 25 Oct 2013
    9:17 pm
I don’t think that you can ever be too cautious when it come to safety online.

- - rainbownerds said
  - 20 Oct 2013
    11:25 pm
Some useful tips. Especially with the socail network sites

- - omgjag31 said
  - 30 Sep 2013
    3:49 pm
There are so many different parent locks you can download for free off the Internet

- - tanya goulding said
  - 23 Sep 2013
    2:32 pm
My kids are too young so far to do internet,my daughter is 6 and is starting to understand it but I won’t let her go on her own, it can be a big scary world in cyberspace its good the government have a website to help with this

- - omgjag31 said
  - 10 Sep 2013
    10:27 pm
children and adults need to now the dangers. Parents also need to keep a close eye on teenagers and have access to their accounts.
- kjgarner replied
  
  14 Sep 2013 , 11:27 am
  Totally agree with you on this one