Overview

Learn to protect yourself online with this comprehensive guide to safeguarding your information and identifying scams, stalkers, bullies, and more. Today, your online identity is an essential part of to your personal and professional success. But many of us don't understand this digital Wild West and the dangers that lurk around every corner. We are often unaware of the digital ""breadcrumbs"" that we leave behind with every post-and how easy it is for a malicious person to use these clues to do us harm. Now cyber-security expert Tyler Cohen Wood shows you how to protect your online information and identify online threats.Catching the Catfishersis for every user of social media, teaching you how to: Safely and successfully navigate the online world. Protect yourself and your children from online predators, cyber stalkers, and chat-room bullies. Detect if someone is not who he or she claims to be. Learn what digital bread crumbs you leave behind and how to clean them up. Control your own online identity. Safely use social media for dating, business, and more.

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Tyler Cohen Wood is truly top-notch. Her expertise will make this book a must-read for anyone who wants to manage their online image or protect themselves and their children in the online domain. --Franco Ruggeri, Director, CNET Mobile at CBS Interactive

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Tyler Cohen Wood is cyber branch chief for an intelligence agency within the Department of Defense (DoD). She is known in the intelligence, law enforcement, and computer forensics communities for her work with digital forensics and cyber intelligence and has presented as a cyber expert at conferences across the country. She coauthored the textbook Alternate Data Storage Forensics and was featured in Best Damn Cybercrime and Digital Forensics Book Period. She previously worked for the DoD Cyber Crime Center (DC3) as a senior digital forensic analyst, using her expertise in intrusion, malware analysis, and major crimes to bring about many successful prosecutions. Before joining DC3, she was employed at IBM and NASA as a senior forensic analyst.

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