Protect your identity, accounts, websites, projects, and community from scams, abuse, unsafe links, data loss, and preventable mistakes.
Lesson 1
Password and account safety
Every important account should have a unique password and multi-factor authentication. The goal is to prevent one stolen password from unlocking your entire digital life.
Use a reputable password manager.
Turn on multi-factor authentication.
Protect the recovery email account first.
Remove old sessions and unused connected apps.
Put it into action
Secure your domain registrar, main email, hosting account, and social accounts before doing anything else.
Work through the decision
Choose one real project and record its current situation.
Apply the action above. Use the lesson points to identify what you need to check first.
Record your result, the reason for your choice, and one limitation or question you still need to resolve.
Check your result: could another person follow your reasoning and repeat the check? If not, add the missing example or detail before marking the lesson complete.
Scams often create urgency, fear, excitement, or authority pressure. Slow down before clicking, paying, sharing a code, or changing account information.
Verify requests through a second channel.
Do not share one-time login codes.
Inspect the real domain—not just the logo or display name.
Treat unexpected attachments and shortened links carefully.
Put it into action
When a message demands immediate action, pause and independently verify it.
Work through the decision
Choose one real project and record its current situation.
Apply the action above. Use the lesson points to identify what you need to check first.
Record your result, the reason for your choice, and one limitation or question you still need to resolve.
Check your result: could another person follow your reasoning and repeat the check? If not, add the missing example or detail before marking the lesson complete.
SSL protects data moving between visitors and your site, while website security helps identify malware, vulnerabilities, and unsafe changes. Neither replaces updates, strong passwords, backups, and access control.
Keep software and plugins updated.
Use HTTPS everywhere.
Limit administrator accounts.
Monitor unexpected file or database changes.
Put it into action
Secure the public connection and the system behind it.
Work through the decision
Choose one real project and record its current situation.
Apply the action above. Use the lesson points to identify what you need to check first.
Record your result, the reason for your choice, and one limitation or question you still need to resolve.
Check your result: could another person follow your reasoning and repeat the check? If not, add the missing example or detail before marking the lesson complete.
A backup is useful only when it is recent, complete, separate from the live system, and restorable. Backups protect against mistakes, failed updates, attacks, hardware problems, and accidental deletion.
Back up files and databases.
Keep more than one restore point.
Store at least one copy away from the live server.
Test restoration before an emergency.
Put it into action
Define what must be restored first if your site disappears tomorrow.
Work through the decision
Choose one real project and record its current situation.
Apply the action above. Use the lesson points to identify what you need to check first.
Record your result, the reason for your choice, and one limitation or question you still need to resolve.
Check your result: could another person follow your reasoning and repeat the check? If not, add the missing example or detail before marking the lesson complete.
Moderation is not about eliminating every disagreement. It is about protecting participation, stopping abuse, applying rules consistently, and keeping the community useful.
Publish clear rules before enforcing them.
Separate criticism from harassment.
Document serious actions.
Give moderators limited, defined authority.
Put it into action
Write rules around behavior and harm—not personal preference.
Work through the decision
Choose one real project and record its current situation.
Apply the action above. Use the lesson points to identify what you need to check first.
Record your result, the reason for your choice, and one limitation or question you still need to resolve.
Check your result: could another person follow your reasoning and repeat the check? If not, add the missing example or detail before marking the lesson complete.
Apply each lesson's action to one real project. Keep the resulting plan or checklist, check it against the lesson points, and explain what you changed and why. If you cannot explain a step yet, revisit the matching lesson before making a purchase or changing a live system.
People who are new to websites, creator identity, online brands, publishing, or connected digital tools can use the Network Program as a practical bridge from learning into building.
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