Parents can tech their
children how to be secure on the internet.
Latin America, April 2021.- In Latin America and Caribbean region 51% of children
between 3 and 17 years old have internet access at home, according to an Unicef study. That means around 77 millions of children
that could access any kind of content since information for school classes, as
malicious websites.
Although the new generations are “digital natives”,
they are good using the internet and accessing new stuff in the world wide web
but also are focused on cyber attacks.
The adults are aware of the threats lurking on the
internet because they know not to become friends with strangers on social media
or click ads for free giveaways. But the
children may not realize the potential dangers when a stranger wants to friend
them on Facebook or maybe they just really want that free device.
Regardless of the reason, children do not come
preprogrammed with internet safety in mind. For this reason, parents need to be
aware of the potential risk for their child, as well as the potential risk for
their own information.
The best way that parents can protect their children,
and themselves, is through education.
For this reason, DigiCert share some recommendations
to take in count:
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Information: as a
parent you need to improve clear communication throughout the entire education
process is key; talk to your children about online dangers.
·
Use privacy settings:
make sure to teach your children the importance of privacy settings on social
networks and other media platforms. Show them how to enable the settings and
sit down with them to do it.
·
Updates and
installations: teach your child to come and get you before installing or
upgrading any program on a computer or mobile device.
·
Use the computer
together: have your child show you their favorite sites, games or social media
platforms. Kindly point out possible phishing scams or other threats.
·
Standard user account:
iIt is a good idea to withhold admin rights from your children to limit what
they are able to do and help lessen the damage if their account were ever
compromised.
·
Out in the open:
Activate parental controls on children's and young people's mobile devices to
prevent them from entering malicious sites or sites with adult information.
·
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Teach them about TLS:
Transport Layer Security (TLS) is the standard technology for securing an
internet connection by encrypting data sent between a website and a browser (or
between two servers). Show your kids that this certificates prevent hackers
from seeing or stealing any information transferred, including personal or
financial data.
·
New devices: when you
give your child a smartphone or tablet for the first time, use it as a teaching
opportunity. Show your child how to set up strong passwords and set new rules
for who can and can’t download apps. Show them how to apply multi-factor
authentication which objective is to create a layered defense of two or more
independent credentials: what you know (password), what you have (security
token) and what you are (biometric verification).
DigiCert
is the world’s leading provider of scalable TLS/SSL, PKI solutions for identity
and encryption. The most innovative companies, including 89 percent of Fortune
500 companies and 97 out of the 100 top global banks, choose DigiCert for its
expertise in identity and encryption for web servers and Internet
of Things devices.
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