Coping with emergencies, emotional support, and wartime daily routine
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Emotional and Mental Support
If either you or anyone in your family experiences difficulties or stress in response to the war, we have gathered here for you the list of emotional support hotlines that… -
Emotional First Aid in Case of Emergency
Guidelines for emotional first aid in stressful situations, and how to relieve someone's stress using the guidelines of the MAASEH method: commitment, encouragement, asking questions and structuring. -
Traumatic Stress Responses and Coping Strategies
This information will guide you on how to help yourself grow stronger and resume normal functioning or how assist family members who have been exposed to the traumatic events or… -
Post War and Disaster Traumatic Stress
Disasters can have far-reaching and long-lasting consequences for their victims. We have compiled information on a variety of beneficial intervention strategies that can assist people in recovering from stressful and… -
Parental Guidance on Managing Child Traumatic Stress
Anxiety has different manifestations among children of different age groups and between children of the same age group. All the information and recommendations that parents need for coping with anxiety… -
Helping Children Understand Tragic Events
A couple of tips that will help you if you need to talk to your children about difficult subjects. -
Traumatic Stress While Pregnant or Breastfeeding
All the information for women who are coping with stress and trauma while they are pregnant or breastfeeding. Tips for coping with stress, emotional support hotlines and more. -
Healthy Nutrition in Emergency States
Healthy nutrition is important and helps reinforcing our physical and mental resilience. We have gathered here all the information, hotlines and phone numbers on the subject of nutritional counseling and… -
Keeping Children and Adults Busy
Keeping busy and active during crisis times carries therapeutic powers. It helps self-regulation of powerful emotions, relieve tensions and maintain resilience. We have gathered here some examples for suitable activities. -
Information Security and Cyber Security
Israel is currently facing many cyber threats to its citizens, organizations, and companies. These threats come in various forms, including network hacking attempts, phishing scams, fraud, and more. -
Substance Abuse
Stressful and emergency situation may increase abuse of such substances as drugs and alcohol. You should avoid abusing these substances to avoid addiction and you should seek professional help or…
Information Security and Cyber Security
Alongside physical attacks, Israel is also currently facing many cyber threats against citizens, organizations, and companies. Threats manifest in many ways, such as attempts to hack into networks, phishing attempts, fraud, and more. In addition, anti-Israeli perpetrators are waging psychological warfare of intimidation and attempts to gather intelligence through social networks. The goals of these attacks can be personal, financial, compromising, disabling, or even crashing our state infrastructures and our national resilience.
It is critical that we all remain vigilant during these times.
So, what can we do?
- Find stronger passwords for your WIFI networks and your home router. It is always preferable that you replace the default passwords received from the provider with strong and unique passwords.
- Download software updates to your smart devices to fix bugs and to close security breaches.
- If you have a "smart house", try to set different networks for your smart home appliances and your personal smart devices (cell phones and computers).
- Do not click suspicious links, not by e-mail, not by SMS, and not by WhatsApp.
Webcams
Many companies and citizens make regular use of webcams for various needs, and it may be dangerous. Webcams can be cyber-hacked and through them, hackers can reach your organizational network or your home network.
In case of unwanted takeover on devices on the house, disconnect the hub from the internet, either by shutting down the device itself or by disconnecting it using the settings menu. Then you should contact your internet provider for clarifications and for reinforcing your settings against hacking.