NetFamilyNews is kid-tech news for parents. A website, blog, and email newsletter, NFN is a nonprofit public service designed to keep parents informed about and engaged in their kids' online lives. NFN is breaking news on all the technologies and devices kids love, as well as their interests and activities, from games to blogging, IM to file-sharing, on the Web, phones, consoles, handhelds.
NetSmartz® is an interactive, educational safety resource from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® and Boys & Girls Clubs of America for children (ages 5-17), parents, guardians, educators, and law enforcement that uses age-appropriate, 3-D activities to teach children how to stay safer on the Internet. The NetSmartz Workshop can be accessed at:
www.NetSmartz.org and
www.NetSmartzKids.org.
The National Cyber Alert System was created by US CERT and Department of Homeland Security to help protect your computer. Alerts ensure that you have access to timely information about security topics and events.
Automated Incident Reporting (
AirCERT) is a scalable distributed system for sharing security event data among administrative domains. Using AirCERT, organizations can exchange security data from raw alerts generated by network intrusion detection systems and incident reports based on the assessments of human analysts.
The goal of AirCERT is to provide a capability to discern trends and patterns of intruder activity spanning multiple administrative domains.
SiLK, the System for Internet-Level Knowledge, is a collection of traffic analysis tools developed by the CERT Network Situational Awareness Team (CERT NetSA) to facilitate security analysis of large networks.
WiredSafety.org
Help us stop these dangerous criminals. We'll make sure those responsible get the punishment they deserve. Web sites (including
stopcyberbullying.org) are referenced in a large and ever growing number of articles and television clips on computer safety.
If you see child pornography
Report It ... Don't Support It
Child Pornography Report Form
Cyberstalking Reportline
Harassment Reportline
Identity Theft Reportline
Scams and Fraud Reportline
Reporting Cyber Abuse
The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 (FACT Act) defines "identity theft" broadly as “a fraud committed or attempted using the identifying information of another person without authority.” It is a pernicious crime that can threaten the confidence we share in our open and robust financial system if we don’t take action. Government, industry and consumers all have a role to play in combating identity theft.
GetNetWise is a user empowerment Website designed to offer tips, tools and video tutorials to Internet users on kids' safety, spam, privacy and keeping your computer secure. Creating a safe, secure and positive online environment is as easy as "one click" of a mouse.
This tool allows you to see the labels available on any site quickly and easily. It will recognise terms from the Quatro vocabulary and those offered by project partners ICRA, IQUA and WMA. In addition it will recognise accessibility information provided on sites certified by Segala.
The Anti-Phishing Working Group is an association focused on eliminating identity theft and fraud, a growing problem that results from phishing and email spoofing. The organization provides a forum to discuss phishing issues, define the scope of the problem in terms of hard and soft costs, and share information and best practices for eliminating the problem.
