WRUNITY LEARNING CENTER

Online Safety

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.

Lesson 2

Recognizing scams

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.

Lesson 3

Website security and SSL

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.

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Lesson 4

Backups and recovery

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.

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Lesson 5

Community moderation

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.

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