Education is the key to security and peace of mind. It is essential that you become familiar with the basics and most of all, instill Safe Usage Practices within your family or place of business. Simply by becoming familiar the basics and following very simple rules, you will avoid 90% of the problems experienced by other computer users. It's that easy!

It doesn't matter if you're a newbie, parent, teacher, or student. We've assembled some great learning tools for you and a host of information which you can access from here at no cost!

General

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/default.mspx
http://www.netalert.net.au/
http://www.staysafeonline.info/
http://www.getsafeonline.org/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=1044
http://www.e-howdowedo.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=30&Itemid=36
http://www.getnetwise.org/
http://www.sans.org/free_resources.php

Shopping

http://www.safeshopping.org/

Parents

http://www.netalert.net.au/02074-Parents-Toolkit.asp
http://staysafeonline.org/practices/eight.html
http://www.cybersmart.org/for/parents.asp
http://kids.getnetwise.org/tools/
http://www.netlingo.com/top20teens.cfm
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/kidzprivacy/index.html

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/children/kidpred.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/kidsspyware1.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/children/kidsafetyfaq.mspx

Teacher's resources

http://www.netalert.net.au/03711-CyberSafe-Schools.asp
http://www.cybersmart.org/for/teachers.asp
http://www.cybersmartcurriculum.org/lesson_plans/
http://www.think.com/en_us/

Students

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/children/backtoschool.mspx
http://www.cybersmart.org/for/top_ten.asp

Kids

http://www.safekids.com/

Business owners

http://www.bcentral.co.uk/business-technology/it-security/security.mspx
http://www.getsafeonline.org/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=1046

Protecting yourself

http://www.getsafeonline.org/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=1045

What's it all mean?

Confused by all the terminology? No problem. Find all the explanations here.
http://www.netlingo.com/top20newbie.cfm
and...
http://www.netlingo.com/index.cfm
http://www.sans.org/resources/glossary.php?ref=3761
http://www.webopedia.com/

Educational resources

http://www.microsoft.com/education/atschool.mspx
http://www.learnthenet.com/english/index.html

Kid-friendly websites

http://kids.yahoo.com/
http://funschool.kaboose.com/
http://www.kidsclick.org/
http://www.zeeks.com/
http://zoo.com/
http://www.microsoft.com/games/zootycoon/zoo2/default.asp
http://home.disney.go.com/games/
http://disney.go.com/disneychannel/playhouse/mmch/activities/sillyslide.html
http://pbskids.org/
http://abc.net.au/children/
http://www.4kids.tv/index.php
http://www.nickjr.com/
http://www.nick.com/
http://www.linkopedia.com/kids.html
http://nyack.lib.ny.us/childrens_sites.htm

E-bay security info

http://pages.ebay.com/ebay_toolbar/index.html
http://pages.ebay.com/securitycenter/mrkt_safety.html
http://pages.ebay.com/securitycenter/stop_spoof_websites.html
http://pages.ebay.com/help/confidence/isgw-account-theft-reporting.html
http://pages.ebay.com.au/live_help.html

Paypal security info

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=xpt/cps/securitycenter/general/UnderstandPhishing-outside

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=xpt/cps/securitycenter/general/RecognizePhishing-outside

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=xpt/cps/securitycenter/general/FreeTools-outside

Identity Theft

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=xpt/cps/securitycenter/general/UnderstandIdTheft-outside

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=xpt/cps/securitycenter/general/PreventIdTheft-outside

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=xpt/cps/securitycenter/general/IdTheftChecklist-outside

http://pages.ebay.com/securitycenter/deterring_identity_theft.html
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/idtheft/
http://www.ic3.gov/