You Can #BeCyberSmart

National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM)

The national campaign to promote cybersecurity awareness kicks off tomorrow. How are you planning to endorse the movement to be #BeCyberSmart?

• Use social media to spread your messages on cybersecurity awareness.
• Sample messages:
  • https://www.cisa.gov/national-cybersecurity-awareness-month-sample-social-media-posts-and-graphics
• Hang posters throughout your halls and in places where people gather like break rooms and by copiers.
• Plan a phishing campaign to highlight the dangers of malicious emails.
• Don’t click on links or open attachments from unknown senders.
• Here are some tip sheets, posters and videos. https://www.stopthinkconnect.org/resources
• Educator Resources
  • https://ikeepsafe.org/resources/educator/
• Join the Gone Phishing Tournament
  • https://staysafeonline.org/event/gone-phishing-tournament-2020/
• Leave a post-it note on a colleague's desk to show that you recognize their good security practices.
• Create a contest.
• See who can spot the most red flags in a phishing email.
• Have a poster contest highlighting a cybersecurity tip of the week.
• Guess which password is the most secure.

Next week: If You Connect It, Protect It

Writer: Kathy Bellew