Online Safety for Children

October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month. Each year, ACA Aponix participates in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Stop.Think.Connect Campaign to further educate our clients and friends on measures they can take to protect their information, family, and business from cyber threats. Our 2018 theme is Online Safety for Children.

In today’s digital age, your children have unprecedented access to the internet, which makes them susceptible to risks such as cyberbullying and identity theft. ACA’s team of cybersecurity professionals has developed the following resources to educate parents and caregivers about the cyber safety best practices they can use at home, school, and wherever children can get online.

Guide: Online Safety Tips for Parents and Caregivers

Our team has compiled their most recommended online safety tips for children ages 3-18 in a convenient, printable guide. The guide also includes additional resources for further reading. Topics include:

• Implementing content controls, filtering, and monitoring
• Practicing healthy media habits as a family
• Teaching stranger and cyberbullying awareness
• Encouraging social media and texting limits
• Raising awareness of distracted driving and its dangers
• Freezing credit reports and implementing other online privacy measures
• And more

Download our guide below for more information.

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Flyer: 8 Ways to Keep Kids Safe Online

Keep internet safety top of mind with this infographic version of our top 8 tips for keeping children safe online. Download and print the flyer for your fridge, family command center, or school.

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Cyber Awareness Resources Page

As part of National Cyber Security Awareness Month, we are launching a new Cyber Awareness Resources page on our website. This page compiles all of our cyber awareness content in one place, including blog posts, downloadable content, Threat Intelligence alerts, and more.

For More Information

If you have any questions, please contact your regular ACA Aponix consultant or email us at info@acaaponix.com.

About the Authors

We’d like to thank the following ACA team members for helping develop these resources:

Steve Blossom is a Senior Principal Consultant based in North Carolina focused on investment adviser security assessments and testing. Prior to ACA, he was the CISO and VP of Information Security responsible for the global information risk and cybersecurity program at Ares Management LLP, a multi-national alternative asset manager with over $100 billion under management across credit and private equity strategies.

Christine Tetherly-Lewis is a Principal Consultant based in Massachusetts. She has over 15 years of experience in technology and risk in the financial and banking sectors. Most recently, she served as Vice President of Information Technology at Centreville Savings Bank where she was responsible for overall management, implementation, and support of all technology for the bank’s seven branches. Previously, she was a Director of Technology at Providence Equity Partners, a global private equity firm with over $45 billion under management.