Digital Privacy  

Focuses on the proper handling and usage of sensitive data—specifically personal information, communication, and conduct—that are generated and transmitted within digital environments 

Encryption 

Encryption is the process of transforming readable plain text into unreadable ciphertext to mask sensitive information from unauthorized users 

VPN 

Virtual Private Network-VPN employs a method called “tunneling” in which each packet from the sending computer is encapsulated within another packet before being sent over the Internet  

Privacy Policy 

States what information is collected from users and what is done with that information. 

Malware 

Refers to several types of malicious computer programs that are created to harm computer systems and their users.   

Social Engineering 

Manipulate people into sharing information that they shouldn’t share, downloading software that they shouldn’t download, visiting websites they shouldn’t visit, sending money to criminals or making other mistakes that compromise their personal or organizational security. 

Phishing 

Phishing attacks aim to steal or damage sensitive data by deceiving people into revealing personal information like passwords and credit card numbers. 

Ransomware 

Threatens to make inaccessible or publicly expose a victim's stolen data unless money is paid to the thief.