Navigating the Web and Online safety

This course aims to empower individuals with the knowledge and skills necessary to protect themselves and their information while navigating the internet. In this class we will cover the essential skills for safe internet browsing, explore strategies to protect your personal information, use examples to show how to identify online threats, and explore internet capabilities and resources.

• Navigating web browsers and search engines effectively
• Online shopping safety and best practices
• Securely identifying scams with examples
• Managing your credit cards safely online
• Sending money using platforms such as Paypal, Venmo

• How to search for information online and understand how to access websites
• How to shop online safely using sites like Amazon to have items delivered to your front door
• How to identify and avoid security threats such as malware, phishing, identity theft
• How to use online payment services

• None
• Computers provided

Tom Wilson is the Founder/CEO of hyper.io, a company that provides a meta-service framework to remove the pain of working with cloud services. Before hyper, Tom was the CTIO with Tabula Rasa HealthCare Inc (TRHC). During this period, Tom serves the local technology community, inspiring and mentoring engineers.