Social Media Education and Training

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General/Mixed Topics

• Standards of Conduct as Applied to Personal Social Media Use – Office of Government Ethics Legal Advisory 15-03
• OnGuardOnline.gov – Online safety portal managed by the Federal Trade Commission
• Internet Social Networking Risks – FBI tips for mitigating risks when using social media
• Information Assurance Education, Training and Awareness – From the Information Assurance Support Environment (IASE)
• Privacy Best Practices for Social Media – Created by the Federal CIO Council [PDF]
• Best Practices for Keeping Your Home Network Secure – From the Information Assurance Mission at NSA [PDF]

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OPSEC

• OPSEC awareness training – Provided by DoD Center for Development of Security Excellence
• Organizational Level OPSEC: Vulnerabilities And Indicators [Slides]
• Your Safety and Security Online – A “One-Pager” of Safety Tips [Slides]
• Social Media Cyber Security Awareness Briefing [Slides]
• OPSEC Snapshot – The threat is real [Slides]

Specific Social Media Guides

Blogging:

• Blogging in Plain English [Video]
• Getting Started With Blogging – A guide for creating Official Pages [Slides]

Facebook:

• Facebook Page Admin Roles
• Building your presence with Facebook Pages: A guide for educators [PDF]
• Building your presence with Facebook Pages: A guide for governments [PDF]
• Building your presence with Facebook Pages: A guide for military organizations [PDF]
• Step-by-step guide to lock down your Facebook profile
• Facebook Farmville Security Compromise – Includes a "Facebook App Hall of Shame" [Blog, 2011/03/30]
• Page Post Scheduling [Facebook guidance]
• Promote Your Page Posts [Facebook guidance]

Flickr:

• Getting Started with Flickr [Slides]
• Flickr privacy settings

Twitter:

• Twitter in Plain English [Video, 2008/03]
• How To Tweet [Slides]
• Connecting your mobile device to Twitter [Slides]
• Advertising Your Twitter Account [Slides]

YouTube:

• Getting Started With YouTube – A Guide for Creating Official Pages [Slides]
• Customizing Your YouTube Channel [Slides]
• Tips and Tools for YouTube [Slides]
• YouTube Uses in the Field [Slides]

Service-Specific

Army:

• US Army E-Learning Program [Once registered/logged in, type "Social Media" in the search bar and then click on the "Courses" link to display over 21 courses on a variety of topics.]

Navy:

• US Navy Social Media Landscape Overview

Air Force:

• Navigating the Social Network – The Air Force Guide to Effective Social Media Use [PDF, June 2013]

Threat-Specific

Exploitation of Irrational Trust:

• The Robin Sage Experiment [Blog, 2010/09/06]

Geo-Tagging:

• How to disable a smart phone's geotagging feature
• Geotagging poses security risks [Army.mil article]
• Geotags and Location Based Social Networking [Slides]
• Geotags invade privacy and OPSEC

Hatch Act:

• Hatch Act Social Media and Email Guidance

Identity Theft:

• Fighting Back Against Identity Theft [Consumer information website with video and PDF downloads.]
• Identity Theft: What to Know, What to Do for Military Personnel and Families [PDF trifold]

Malware:

• New Breed of Social Media Threats and Sophisticated Targeted Attacks [Article and embedded video, 2011/03/29.]

Phishing Awareness:

• Phishing Scams – Will you take the bait or live to swim another day? [Game]

Spyware:

• Malware Overview [Consumer awareness website]
• Beware of Spyware [Interactive Game]

Records Management