How can you minimize your digital footprint?

By using private browsing modes & not sharing much personal information

A method used to trick people into clicking on fraudulent links.

How can your digital footprint be used against you? Select all answers that apply.

To deny professional licensing, To blackmail you, To craft personalized phishing attempts., To embarrass you, To incriminate you, To deny employment opportunities

What is a digital footprint?

The trail of data you leave behind when you use the internet.

What should you do if you may have clicked on a link in a phishing email in your UNCG account? Select all that apply.

Call the university IT Help Desk., Immediately change passwords and monitor accounts for suspicious activity.

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Be Cyber Vigilant

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Test your ability to be cyber vigilant and protect yourself and your organization through this quiz.

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1
Which is the most common cyber risk in colleges and universities?
Hacking
Offensive server outages
Phishing
Natural disasters
2
Which industry has the highest number of ransomware attacks?
Healthcare
Higher Education
Banking and Finance
Military and Defense
3
How can you minimize your digital footprint?
By changing your passwords every 30 days.
By using private browsing modes & not sharing much personal information
By posting everything you do on social media.
By regularly updating your profile picture.
4
What is phishing?
A technique used to retrieve lost data from hard drives.
A crime in which someone creates a fake social media profile to get dates.
A process of tunneling into a computer to install malware.
A method used to trick people into clicking on fraudulent links.
5
Practice Question: Which is the most hated college or university in the ACC?
Duke, aka "Dook"
UNC-Chapel Hill
University of Miami
N.C. State
6
How can your digital footprint be used against you? Select all answers that apply.
To deny professional licensing
To blackmail you
To craft personalized phishing attempts.
To embarrass you
To incriminate you
To deny employment opportunities
7
What is a digital footprint?
The trail of data you leave behind when you use the internet.
The amount of energy computers use.
A type of digital scanner used for capturing foot shapes.
The pattern of a shoe sole used in digital graphics.
8
What should you do if you may have clicked on a link in a phishing email in your UNCG account? Select all that apply.
Reboot your computer.
Call the university IT Help Desk.
Forward the email to your professor to ask for their advice.
Unplug your computer and turn it off.
Immediately change passwords and monitor accounts for suspicious activity.
Ignore it and hope for the best.
9
Which of the following presents the greatest risk to cybersecurity?
Processes
Outdated Equipment
People
Technology

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