Project Description: For the cybersecurity project I had to look and provide sources also I had to take training on cybersecurity in order to get a certificate.
Source Evaluation:
Who published the content? Tyler Haughn
Where was it published? Fox News
When was it published? Nov 30, 2023
The truthfulness and integrity of the facts: Considered Accurate
How is it written and presented? ads.
Links and Citations: links to fox news contents
This article talks about identity theft a woman who stole social security number was arrested. Was using social security for job purpose. This Incidents can be prevented by leaving social security into a safe place at home, not routinely carry your Social Security card and not say your Social Security number aloud in public.
Who published the content? writer Sean Lyngaas contributed to this report.
Where was it published? abc news
When was it published? December 2, 2023
The truthfulness and integrity of the facts: Considered Accurate
How is it written and presented? Ads and to inform.
Links and Citations: links to similar content from abc news.
This article talks about how 60 credit unions were experiencing outages because of a ransomware attack affected a unit of Telliance, a cloud computing firm provider used by credit unions. Some ways to prevent ransomware attack is to keep your software up to date make sure that your operating system, antivirus software, and other applications are updated regularly. Use strong and unique passwords for all your accounts.
My Certificate
A part of this assignment was to complete the CCBC Cybersecurity Training in order to obtain a certificate all the parts of the training had to be correct in order to obtained.
Lessons Learned
I learned how to search news articles using Google's search engine also learned how to protect my devices and accounts properly and learned a little bit more about both ransomware and identity theft.