Practical assignment
Completion requirements
Create and upload a risk related infographic using content blocks feature in Visme. You can use your own data or just choose something from data, listed below. For detailed instructions about how to use Visme, watch the second video recording of this week.
Visme → https://support.visme.co/creating-a-new-visme-project/ (Registration for free)
Data
Social media usage in 2015:
- Almost eight in 10 people
(79%) now use social media, which is 10 points higher than last year.
- More than a third of people now access social media more than five times per day (35%), which is up from 26% last year. Among 18-29 year olds 89% check-in at least once per day.
Sharing information in social media in 2015:
- 1 in 5 adults report being a
victim of cyber-crime;
- 39 % of users have been
victims of profile hacking, scams, or fake links;
- More than 1 million people become
victims of cyber-crime every single day;
- 78 % of burglars admit they
use Facebook to select victims’ properties;
- 54 % of burglars say that posting status and whereabouts on social media
is the most common mistake made by homeowners.
Tips for using social media safely and secure:
- Use unique, complex
passwords for every online account you own and change them regularly –
especially following announcement of a security breach of account compromise;
- Weigh you risk before
posting or sharing information that could be valuable to cybercriminals;
- Configure privacy settings
for your social profiles to control what kind of information you share with
others.
- Never share sensitive
information on social media, including financial information, account credentials,
confidential company information, and personal information that could be used
to steal your identity or compromise your accounts.
- Be especially wary of
unsolicited contact via social media, particularly from people you do not know.
- Avoid clicking on suspicious
links or content in direct messages or news feeds;
- Only connect with people
that you know and trust in real life.