Unfortunately, anti-phishing advice often seems to fall on deaf ears, because phishing is an old cybercrime trick, and lots of people seem to think it’s what computer scientists or mathematical analysts call a solved game.
Tic-tac-toe (noughts and crosses outside North America), for example, is a solved game, because it’s easy to create a list of every possible play, and figure out the best possible move from every game position on the list. (If neither player makes a mistake then the game will always be a draw.)
Even games that are enormously more complex have been “solved” in this way too, such as checkers (draughts)…
…and in comparison to playing checkers, spotting phishing scams feels like an easy contest that the recipient of the message should always win.
And if phishing is a “solved game”, surely it’s not worth worrying about any more?
As you probably know (or, at least, as you know now!), October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, which means it’s a great opportunity to do three things: Stop. Think. Connect.
Those three words were chosen many years ago by the US public service as a short and simple motto for cybersecurity awareness.
Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2021 Toolkit: Key messaging, articles, social media, and more to promote Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2021
Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2021 Kick-off Week
Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2021 has officially begun! join CISA in spreading cybersecurity awareness and encourage everyone to own their role in protecting Internet-connected devices. “Do Your Part. #BeCyberSmart.”
The focus of Cybersecurity Awareness Month’s first week is “Do Your Part. #BeCyberSmart.”
Cybersecurity starts with YOU and is everyone’s responsibility. There are currently an estimated 5.2 billion Internet users—over 65% of the world’s population![1] This number will only grow, making the need to #BeCyberSmart more important than ever.
Cybersecurity Awareness Month’s second week focuses on steps individuals and organizations can take to reduce their risks to phishing and ransomware.
This year has seen an increase in phishing incidents that often lead to ransomware attacks. These attacks disrupt the way we work, learn, and socialize. With our homes, schools, and business more connected than ever, it’s vital to #BeCyberSmart.
Cybersecurity Awareness Month’s third week is Cybersecurity Career Awareness Week. This week, learn the vital role cybersecurity professionals play in global society and security. Also, learn how you can explore #Cybersecurity as your next career.
The final week of Cybersecurity Awareness Month looks at how #Cybersecurity is a year-round effort and should be one of individuals and organizations first considerations when they create or buy new devices and connected services.
For ways on how organizations and individuals can incorporate cybersecurity best practices into their decision making processes, visit www.cisa.gov/cybersecurity-awareness-month.
The US CISA has released a new tool that allows to assess the level of exposure of organizations to insider threats and devise their own defense plans against such risks.
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released the Insider Risk Mitigation Self-Assessment Tool, a new tool that allows organizations to assess their level of exposure to insider threats.
Insider threats pose a severe risk to organizations, the attacks are carried out by current or former employees, contractors, or others with inside knowledge, for this reason they are not easy to detect.
An attack from insiders could compromise sensitive information, cause economic losses, damages the reputation of the organization, theft of intellectual property, reduction of market share, and even physical harm to people.
The tool elaborates the answers of the organizations to a survey about their implementations of a risk program management for insider threats.
“The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released an Insider Risk Mitigation Self-Assessment Tool today, which assists public and private sector organizations in assessing their vulnerability to an insider threat. By answering a series of questions, users receive feedback they can use to gauge their risk posture. The tool will also help users further understand the nature of insider threats and take steps to create their own prevention and mitigation programs.” reads the announcement published by CISA.
Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2021 Toolkit: Key messaging, articles, social media, and more to promote Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2021
Held every October, Cybersecurity Awareness Month is a collaborative effort between government and industry to ensure every American has the resources they need to stay safe and secure online while increasing the resilience of the Nation against cyber threats. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) co-lead Cybersecurity Awareness Month.
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