Digital Spring Cleaning Cybersecurity Awareness Toolkit

April 2018

Article: Digital Spring Cleaning
Many of us are familiar with the concept of spring cleaning. This year, consider taking some time to spring clean your digital life, too. A good digital spring cleaning can help keep your devices and information safe and secure year round. Here are a few tips for refreshing, renewing, and reinvigorating your cyber life. [More... See the full article]  [Short version]

Infographic (picture to the right): Weekly tips for Digital Spring Cleaning from the Better Business Bureau (click image or above link for full size PDF)

Video short: Cyber Security Tips: Digital Spring Cleaning - by UCSB, (0:58 sec).  For video displays and the like. Mirrors some of the main points from the above article.

Additional Resources:

1. MS-ISAC Newsletter 
2. 4-week digital spring cleaning “checklist” – from the Better Business Bureau
3. Staysafeonline.org Digital Declutter tip sheet
4. Staysafeonline.org Digital Declutter Checklist
5. UC Institutional Information Disposal Standard
6. Proper Disposal of Electronic Devices - Security tipsheet from US-CERT
7. Social media posts/tweets from Educause:
   • Full disk encryption is the new deletion! #Encryption #CyberAware
   • Set it and forget it! #Encryption #CyberAware
   • Lock it and throw away the key. #Encryption #CyberAware
   • Hammer time! https://youtu.be/dYcPT-xrLBM #Encryption #CyberAware
   • Be green, not blue—encrypt disks before recycling computers or laptops! #Encryption #CyberAware