IT ERA ACTIVITY

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Across
  1. 1. The digital action plan step to utilize SIFT frameworks and fact-check content before sharing.
  2. 6. The digital action plan step to optimize your LinkedIn profile and curate a professional presence.
  3. 7. The SIFT method step to seek out consensus coverage and compare with trusted primary sources.
  4. 9. Deliberately fabricated content created to mislead, confuse, or divide.
  5. 12. Collaborative web rules focused on forging a high-impact professional reputation and safe footprints.
  6. 15. The digital action plan step to delete dormant accounts and lock down social profiles.
  7. 16. The SIFT method step to research the background source and confirm publisher reliability.
  8. 17. Social feed mechanisms that learn your preferences and prioritize metrics to maintain screen retention.
  9. 18. Synthetic content or media generated by AI models that can bypass biometrics.
  10. 19. The organic sharing of false content without malicious intent.
  11. 20. Overestimating knowledge in unfamiliar fields, confusing rapid reading for subject expertise.
Down
  1. 2. A learning pillar deploying investigative techniques to combat algorithms, confirmation bias, and synthetic content.
  2. 3. Malicious QR codes evading filters.
  3. 4. Baiting via tailored spear emails.
  4. 5. A secure encryption resolver option used to block ads, malicious trackers, and command-and-control servers.
  5. 8. System entry gates that deepfakes attempt to bypass using voice recordings or photos.
  6. 10. The SIFT method step to track claims, quotes, and media back to their original contexts.
  7. 11. The digital action plan step to review current passwords, active credentials, and enable hardware MFA.
  8. 13. The SIFT method step to pause if content provokes strong emotions.
  9. 14. Forging credible situational stories.