{"id":3343,"date":"2025-10-31T09:16:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T16:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/itservices\/?p=3343"},"modified":"2025-10-31T09:16:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T16:16:28","slug":"protect-your-devices-with-cira-canadian-shield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/itservices\/2025\/10\/protect-your-devices-with-cira-canadian-shield\/","title":{"rendered":"Protect Your Devices with CIRA Canadian Shield"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we wrap up Cybersecurity Awareness Month, we\u2019re highlighting a free tool to help keep your personal devices safe: CIRA Canadian Shield.<\/p>\n<p>Developed by the Canadian Internet Registration Authority, Canadian Shield is a free DNS security service that blocks access to malicious websites, phishing scams, and other online threats\u2014before they can do harm. It\u2019s privacy-focused and built specifically for Canadians.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why Use It?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Blocks harmful websites automatically<\/li>\n<li>Helps prevent malware and phishing<\/li>\n<li>Easy to set up on phones, laptops, and home Wi-Fi<\/li>\n<li>No cost, no ads, no data selling<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How to Get Started<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can use Canadian Shield in three ways:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Browser Extension \u2013 ideal for laptops and desktops and works with Chrome, Firefox, and Edge<\/li>\n<li>Mobile App \u2013 for iOS and Android<\/li>\n<li>Home Network Setup \u2013 Configure your home router to protect all devices on your Wi-Fi<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Instructions on how to install and set up Canadian Shield on the above devices, and more, is found at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cira.ca\/en\/canadian-shield\/configure\/\">https:\/\/www.cira.ca\/canadianshield\/configure. <\/a>You can also view the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cira.ca\/en\/canadian-shield\/faq-public\/\">FAQ<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s keep cybersecurity top of mind all year long, starting with simple tools like this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we wrap up Cybersecurity Awareness Month, we\u2019re highlighting a free tool to help keep your personal devices safe: CIRA Canadian Shield. Developed by the Canadian Internet Registration Authority, Canadian Shield is a free DNS security service that blocks access to malicious websites, phishing scams, and other online threats\u2014before they can do harm. It\u2019s privacy-focused [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":254,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cybersecurity"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6AzwP-RV","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/itservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/itservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/itservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/itservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/254"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/itservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3343"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/itservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3344,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/itservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3343\/revisions\/3344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/itservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/itservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/itservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}