Survive Online

Extended Resources by Book Chapter

View all the resources from the book here, plus additional resources that have been added since the book came out.

If you haven't checked out the Survive Online book, get it here:

Chapter 1: Risky Business

  1. Technical Security Risks Calculator: https://security-net.biz/files/owaspriskcalc.html

  2. What risks exist in your county (US only): https://hazards.fema.gov/nri/map

  3. In depth risk assessment for IT professionals: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/calculating-information-security-risk-scott-rosenmeier/

Chapter 5: Psychology of Security

Chapter 6: Social Engineering

Chapter 7: Stay SAFE

Chapter 8: Passwords and Passphrases

  1. Password Strength Testing Tool: https://bitwarden.com/password-strength/

  2. Password Manager 1 – Bitwarden: https://bitwarden.com/

  3. Password Manager 2 – 1Password: https://1password.com/

  4. Mutli-Factor Authentication Apps: https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-two-factor-authentication-app/

  5. Sim Swapping Scam and Protecting yourself: https://www.ctia.org/protecting-against-sim-swap-fraud

Chapter 9: How do you know a website is safe?

  1. Check a website's reputation: https://talosintelligence.com/reputation_center/

  2. Check if a site has unsafe content: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search

  3. View a screenshot and get reputation before visiting a site: https://urlscan.io/

  4. Report Phishing – Google: https://safebrowsing.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish/?hl=en

  5. Report Phishing – Microsoft: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/wdsi/support/report-unsafe-site/

Chapter 11: Reduce Your Risk

  1. Protect your PII and freeze your credit: https://frozenpii.com/

  2. Identity Theft Insurance (and active protection) – IdentityForce: https://www.identityforce.com/

  3. Identity Theft protection (with active monitoring) – Aura: https://www.aura.com/pricing

  4. Report and get help from the US government around Identity Theft: https://www.identitytheft.gov/

  5. Lock your employment history from employers: https://employees.theworknumber.com/

  6. Incogni online data removal from over 150 data collection sites (paid): https://incogni.com/

  7. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's List of consumer reporting companies for more agencies you may want to lock your information with or request your information from: https://www.consumerfinance.gov/consumer-tools/credit-reports-and-scores/consumer-reporting-companies/companies-list/

  8. How to lock your credit: https://www.usa.gov/credit-freeze

  9. Have I been pwned breach detection website: https://haveibeenpwned.com/

  10. USPS Informed Delivery to get images of what mail you should be receiving that day: https://www.usps.com/manage/informed-delivery.htm