Courses

Cost: $44
Modules: 5
CPE Credit Hours: 12

Enrollment includes:

  • Free, one-year TCEA membership for each participant ($49 value)
  • TCEA digital badge
  • TCEA certificate

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Data Guardian
This course helps educators and technology professionals expand their knowledge of safeguarding sensitive information. You’ll learn why data security is important, how to encrypt files, protect passwords, secure devices, and safely manage cloud storage. The course also covers built-in protections in everyday software and strategies for backing up device content, providing the essential skills needed to ensure safe handling and transmission of data online.

 

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Self-Paced Online Course

Data Guardian is a self-paced, online program. Participants can begin anytime and go at their own speed throughout the program.

Upon enrollment, you will receive a program invitation email from TCEA’s learning management system that will give you access to the self-paced course. Within the course, you will find modules that must be moved through in sequential order.

 

Course Modules

Safeguard Your Data: Learn important vocabulary, understand how data breaches occur, explore policies for safeguarding sensitive data, and learn about encryption as protection.

Encrypt Your Data: Discover when to encrypt data, explore free encryption tools, and learn to encrypt text, files, and folders.

Protect Your Data: Learn to create secure passwords, protect against malware, understand firewalls, and maintain data integrity.

Secure the Cloud: Explore cloud storage scanning solutions, learn about phishing attacks, and discover encryption tools to safeguard content.

Know Your Tools: Discover built-in encryption protocols and tools, learn additional ways to secure devices, and how to recover passwords.