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WELCOME
Dear Reader,
The incidence of cyber hacks to U.S. businesses and individuals is growing daily.
Every time you use your smart- phone, tablet, or computer, you share your personal data. Do you know how to keep your data safe? Often the technology that is thrust into our lives is puzzling. You hear your families or other adults talk about cyber hacks
in the news. What does that mean? How might it affect your family? How might it affect you?
In an increasingly digital world, you must learn about cybersecurity and practice data care to protect yourself, your devices, and online accounts by creating strong pass- words and not opening messages
from unknown senders.
The National Cryptologic Founda-
tion (NCF) was incorporated in 1996 as the National Cryptologic Museum Foundation to support activities, dis- plays, and artifact acquisitions for the National Cryptologic Museum. Over the years, our mission has broadened to include a robust Education Program and to deliver an innovative approach to solving cybersecurity challenges. The NCF strives to heighten public awareness of cryptologic and cyber professions while honoring the people — past, present, and future — whose contributions to our national security protect and make possible our way of life. Our partnership with the National Security Agency is a vital part of our mission and includes our support of the museum. Please visit our website to learn more about our foundation.
We encourage you to read this Data Care Booklet. This resource will help you gain confidence in using your
technical devices, protect your online data, guard against scams, and iden- tity theft and fraud. The booklet is available free of charge on our web- site: cryptologicfoundation.org.
In the pages that follow you will learn the importance of taking care of your data, using devices with confidence, connecting devices with confidence, finding trust in online ac- counts, and protecting yourself from fraud and scams. Each chapter has summary takeaways and throughout are examples you may follow to help you be cyber safe and savvy!
We extend our gratitude to our de- velopment partner Start Engineering, and Gula Tech Adventures, for funding this critical Data Care project.
Sincerely,
Laura C. Nelson
President & Chief Executive Officer
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