National Cyber Security Awareness Month: What We’re Doing To Educate

Cyber Security Awareness Month gets into full swing today here in the U.S. You can read more about the launch announcement here and can join live via Facebook. As I mentioned previously, McAfee employees are taking to K-12 classrooms with the NCSA’s C-SAVE program to explain cyber security, safety and ethics to children across the country together with the Stop.Think.Connect message developed by the APWG, NCSA members and the Department of Homeland Security. In addition to these activities, I am proud to say that McAfee has funded translation of all of these materials into Spanish for our dual language schools in the U.S. as well as for those employees and channel partners in Latin America who have expressed interest in the program.  These materials are being made available to the NCSA so that other companies can leverage them to reach more students with these important messages. We have also recently refreshed our Cyber Safety Resources Portal so that internet users can reach general awareness information 24×7, anytime they need assistance. And our consumer team has helped develop posters and classroom lesson plans to help teachers instill good cyber security awareness beyond the sessions that we teach.  The materials can be downloaded here. If you would like to connect your website to the Cyber Safety Resources portal, download our html banners here. And finally, in the interest of recognizing role models who exemplify the principles of cyber security awareness and good practices to keep confidential data secure, McAfee has just supported the Center for Digital Government’s first annual Cybersecurity Leadership and Innovation Award which goes to the state of Colorado this year.  Remember, if you are a security professional, think about what you can do this month to help instill cyber security awareness in your employees, your colleagues, your family and your community.  Many of our customers are holding employee awareness events, campus awareness events at select colleges, and other activities.  Don’t forget about your Rotary Clubs, church groups, parent groups and others who can benefit from some assistance.  And Happy National Cyber Security Awareness Month!

Tags: C-SAVE program, cyber security awareness, education, National Cyber Security Awareness Week, NCSA, Stop.Think.Connect

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