Topic: Every Bitcoin holder Should Take a Cybersecurity course - page 2. (Read 595 times)

"a home owner must secure his house from thieves who will definitely always target the contents of their home by providing good security against windows, doors and other funds that can be infiltrated by these thieves"

as well as laptops or smartphones that are currently owned by bitcoiners, hackers are very sophisticated and always have the smartest way to infiltrate a laptop or smartphone without realizing it, so it is important to have a little ability or knowledge about cyber security or what is the best way to avoid hacking or spying.

I'm 100% on it, everytime I have someone invited to invest in Bitcoin I always advise on the many risk associated with holding Bitcoin, I have advice and taught them that they are their own bank here and they are the sole responsible for their coins, if online and offline banks are spending huge amount of money to secure their platform much more on your coins safety where you are the sole responsible.
I urge them to watch videos and read articles about securing their machine and wallets and change their mindset to be educated holders and investors.

It seems that although you are a newbie you are concerned about security from the start and that doesn't discourage you, but that's not how it works for most people. I have told some friends about Bitcoin in the last years, and failed in arousing their interest, not to say if I also warned them about cybersecurity threats.

I genuinely think that for small amounts you don't need special knowledge, apart from the basic every computer user should know (don't run unknown .exes, don't click on unknown links, don't send relevant information while connected to public wifis without a good VPN...).

If you want to be your own bank and store a high amount of your savings, then concerns should be higher, but not too much: as many colleagues said before, just a good hardware wallet will do for that (you can create your keys offline if you want to be ultra-safe).

And, of course, you should educate yourself and take cybersecurity courses if your aim is to escrow money from other people, especially high amounts, because you'll be targeted by hackers, but this is very unusual.

So we could say that for 80% of Bitcoiners who "play" with satoshis, there is no need of improved cybersecurity, especially if that will make them think about it twice and abandon the idea of holding any sats; for the remaining 20% it would be advisable, but it can be ignored by simply purchasing a good hardware wallet; and for the 0.0001% of escrowers, then yes, educate yourself not only in cybersecurity but also in laws and economics before managing someone else's money, just in case.

Discussions like this I suppose is more discussed by people who are of higher ranks than a newbie like me but with my own little knowledge about internet security, I think learning about cyber security will go a long way in helping anyone who who wants to keep not just his personal Bitcoin data safe but to also safeguard any other internet key.
As far as the internet is concerned many people wake up every trying new measures on how to hack into people's personal security details and thereby stealing from them immediately they gain access to their security keys and that's why we all need to know the basics of Cyber security so as to stop this Intruders from accessing our respective personal Bitcoin data

Many people don't even know the basics of privacy and security so they end up being scammed. I think OP is trying to draw the attention of members to place more importance on protecting their assets. Common sense is not always common because many people neglect basic knowledge.

I also share your thoughts that it is not necessary to pay and enroll in a course in cybersecurity because you can learn most of the ways of securing your assets. But many free online courses on cybersecurity can be impactful. You might also think that you are well informed about security but you should also know that these hackers and scammers are also finding new ways of exploiting loopholes in the security systems. So there is a need to upgrade your knowledge periodically on cybersecurity. I also think that there is a need to learn and relearn to hold Bitcoin because some people worked very hard for years to accumulate their coins.

I agree but I think that it's already in the roots whenever someone gets into Bitcoin. It's like an actual requirement to understand what you're doing and how to protect yourself from the culprits and how you're going to protect your wallet.

This is giving us the urge and forcing us to understand this concept of protection in knowing how-to get into Bitcoin.

So, you basically gain profits and at the same time you are also gaining knowledge about these matters pertaining to cybersecurity like phishing, and other online scams that you must be aware of.

You're a good fellow sir
And thanks for seeing things from same perspective  I'm seeing them because yes it is of no doubt that getting a cyber-security course is good but doing so considering the cost of the course  just fir the sake of holding  bitcoin  isn't worth it and that's bad.

The lessons are very clear, don't hold on exchanges,  don't be too greedy and don't click on every random links.


I love this very point of yours because I can remember falling for a too good of a rate after getting a loan from @shasan, intended for treatment and ended up losing everything to fraud because i was too greedy and fell for a rate that was too good to be real and then clicked on a phising link that approved my 2FA and authorized the transaction.
I learnt the hard way but I'm glad I'm preaching  against this now since I already have a practical experience.

"Cybersecurity courses" are less about personal safety and more about how to find exploits, how to exploit those exploits, how to patch them, report them, and so on. They do not normally teach you how to be safe online, which is usually prerequisite knowledge to know anyway. And even if they did, do you think it'd be worth several hundred dollars or however much they are charging just to hold some bitcoins?

Lessons are clear: Do not hold your coins on exchanges. Don't be greedy and fall for too-good-to-be-true offers.

We don't need a cyber security course to guide us before we use Bitcoin. We need a wiki or some kind of public resource which people can add their knowledge to. Cybersecurity is not a static topic, the warzone of security and privacy is ever evolving on all 3 sides - The defenders; people like you and I trying to stay safe, The attackers; Hackers who are looking to profit from our poor conduct, The overlords; governments, corporations, companies and other entities who are trying to invade our privacy and collect our data.

A cyber security course might keep you safe at a basic level, though a public resource (like the requested Cybersecurity & Privacy board) would keep readers on the forefront, on the back of those who are sharing their knowledge because of their interest and passion in keeping themselves and other Bitcoin users safe from all cyber threats.

Yes, all bitcoin hodlers should be more aware about cybersecurity but that can be learned even through self-study provided that there are free articles in the internet that talk about it, and not mainly taking cybersecurity course that you still need to pay. However, it’s a general concern actually once you start owning bitcoin and become responsible as a long term hodler. You need to protect all your personal data and information to protect yourself from any form of hacks or scams.

OP, I love this your advice on reading  cyber security to strengthen our wallet security. Anyone who have a good significant number of bitcoin will be concerned about securing his bitcoin so that his investment portfolio will be safe from hackers. It is people with little amount of bitcoin that will think that this course is irrelevant and not useful.

Lack of proper wallet security has led so many people to loss their coin to hackers and it has even wrecked some exchanges. This course is a very good course because you don't know the benefits that cyber security skill has,you can work in a good company. So many people are lazy to keep their bitcoin themselves that is why they leave it in a exchange but will this skill you will have confident in wallet safety.

The forum gives a lot of knowledge on how to store our bitcoins and what not to do in order not to lose money. I don’t know how those who are not familiar with this forum worry about their safety and where they get their knowledge from, it seems to be more difficult for them to do all this and they can more often become victims of scammers.

Usually crypto beginners start with small funds and peacocks don't think much about security. So basically they are just thinking how to increase the amount of crypto they have and that I experienced when I was new to cryptocurrencies. After that, when I had enough crypto and many cases of theft, I just thought and learned to store crypto safely. But I know in the end it's wrong, we should have everything to do with crypto at the beginning and when using. That is to avoid bad things that can happen.

Either with money or free, the most i important thing here is to seek for bitcoin knowledge and know about cryptocurrency, many were scammed today because they lack the knowledge needed to know what to do ad how to go about their crypto experience, then we are used to the way things operates in cryptocurrency, we will not be deceived by anyone to scam us before all their possible techniques could have been exposed to us from what we have learnt, we should also know this that learning is never ending, it's a continuous process we must always get updates about what's going on concerning the security in cryptocurrency.

I think in our forum yeah, there are some courses or quiz being put up by our distinguished member to test ourselves and obviously to tell us that we need to take cybersecurity very seriously.

But outside? I doubt that newbies are performing this courses, maybe they saw it, but they just bypass and go directly acquiring crypto and then going online which put it as risk.

Because if we don't know or we are just relax with everything we do, hackers are everyone. Just one click from unknown sources, and then your crypto is gone.

hehmm. Your advice is absolutely right. although, this is the conversation of people above my level. However, reading what you have said will at least add to our references and we can anticipate that we will remain safe in protecting the crypto assets that we invest in the exchanges we have chosen.

It is not entirely bad for someone especially a beginner to spend some money to acquire knowledge that would help protect him/her from scammers. But to be honest I don't think not being a cybersecurity expert would make me less informative and security conscious. I don't actually need to enrol in a cybersecurity course to be able to keep my seeds safe and protect my assets. The best practice is to be reading up and constantly keeping one self abreast of security threats and advancement in the cybersecurity world.

Every problem that occurs, we have to see from which side we have to strengthen the level of security, when it comes to crypto or rather bitcoin, what needs to be considered is a more credible and secure storage wallet to store the bitcoins that we have. An important lesson from this condition is to try to study the safe wallet that has been conveyed or recommended by many people who have enough experience in the forum. All that remains is to dig up the closest and most trusted sources to get definite answers, except when someone is too lazy to read and find out the security side that needs to be improved by him.

The goal is clear to protect and secure the assets that we have, the technology and digitalization are places where fraud often occurs for several reasons, but it is our own individuals who can stem all forms of fraud by finding out what we need with higher security services.

Then they should stop feeling less concerned about their security and learn the basics. People who are less concerned about their privacy won't even bother enrolling for a cybersecurity class because they won't see a need.
I take my privacy and security seriously, so I may be interested in a cybersecurity course, but someone else who's so nonchalant about security won't care.

I don't think telling people who don't care about their privacy to take a cybersecurity course is the way to go. If they can't learn from the advice on the forum where they see real-life reasons why they should take their security seriously then I don't think they'll ever learn.

Cyber security is advanced. People who use Bitcoin don't need that advanced knowledge to hold Bitcoin, the basics of security and privacy are enough, but sadly a lot of people don't even adhere to the basics, so when you don't follow the basics how then can you follow the advanced and more complex?

You can learn about cyber security from paid courses or from free courses or free available resources on the Internet. If you see its importance, you will find many resources to learn.

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