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These articles are cited to provide current news related to terrorism, homeland security, critical incident response and public safety.

Best Practices for Keeping your Home Network Secure

Johns Hopkins University features video of Homewood Campus Security

Internet Safety: Cyber-Harassment, Stalking and Addiction

Fight Fire with Facts: Fire Escape Planning and Home Fire Safety

Student Domestic Abuse Awareness

Best Practices for Keeping your Home Network Secure

The cyber threat is no longer limited to your office network and work persona. Adversaries realize that targets are typically more vulnerable when operating from their home network since there is less rigor associated with the protection, monitoring, and maintenance of most home networks. Home users need to maintain a basic level of network defense and hygiene for both themselves and their family members when accessing the Internet.

The NSA has published a fact sheet on best practices for home networks; it is posted on-line at http://www.nsa.gov/ia/_files/factsheets/Best_Practices_Datasheets.pdf

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Video of Homewood Campus Security

To see a video presenting Johns Hopkins University Homewood Campus Security released March 13, 2011, go the the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjH0ZIaO5dw.

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Internet Safety: Cyber-Harassment, Stalking and Addiction

Unfortunately, our use of the internet has the potential to turn ugly. As we integrate technology more and more in our lives, we need to be aware of the potential for cyber-harassment, stalking and internet addiction.

http://www.gcflearnfree.org/internetsafety/7

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Fight Fire with Facts: Fire Escape Planning and Home Fire Safety

Be prepared for a fire:

• One of the best ways to protect yourself and your family is to have a working smoke alarm that can sound fast for both a fire that has flames, and a smoky fire that has fumes without flames. It is called a "Dual Sensor Smoke Alarm." A smoke alarm greatly reduces your chances of dying in a fire.
• Know your local emergency numbers. In most areas the number is 911.
• Practice finding your way out of the house with your eyes closed, crawling or staying low to the ground, and feeling your way out of the house.
• Never open doors that are hot.
• Teach your family to stop, drop to the ground, and roll if their clothes catch fire.
• Decide on a meeting place outside your home and check to see if anyone is missing. Everyone must get out and stay out of the house or apartment.
• Remember to escape first, and then call the fire department.
• Make sure everyone in your family knows at least two ways to escape from each room in the house or apartment.
• Help children and senior citizens to escape from a fire.
• NEVER go back into a fire once you have escaped.

To learn more on how you can prevent fires and fire deaths, please contact your local fire department's office phone number (not 911).

To see the entire article, please go to http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/media/quick_response/ffwf-6.shtm.

Student Domestic Abuse Awareness

Break the Cycle is proud to partner with the National Dating Abuse Helpline to provide loveisrespect.org - the ultimate online resource for healthy relationships. The website is designed for all young people - no matter what age, gender, ethnicity or sexual identity - to get the help they need creating healthy relationships. Uniting the Helpline's interactive phone, chat and text service with Break the Cycle's vast library of content, loveisrespect.org is everything a young person needs when encountering dating abuse.
Visit http://www.loveisrespect.org/ to learn dating basics, what is abuse, how to get help and ways to take action.

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