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Welcome to Cybersecurity Awareness Month! Since 2004, the President of the United States and Congress have declared October to be Cybersecurity Awareness Month — a time dedicated for the public and private sectors to work together to raise awareness about the importance of cybersecurity. Over the years, this effort has grown into a collaborative initiative between government and industry to enhance cybersecurity awareness, encourage individuals to take action to reduce online risks, and promote

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Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2024

Park, Karenposted on Oct 7, 2024

Welcome to Cybersecurity Awareness Month! Since 2004, the President of the United States and Congress have declared October to be Cybersecurity Awareness Month, time dedicated for the public and private sectors to work together to raise awareness about the importance of cybersecurity. Over the years it has grown into a collaborative effort between government and industry to enhance cybersecurity awareness, encourage actions by the public to reduce online risk, and generate discussion on cyber th

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October - Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2023

Hernandez, Jessposted on Oct 9, 2023

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month - CSA It is CIS's responsibility to share some vital information about how to be safe while using the internet and managing yours and students' information. Over the next few weeks, CIS will be releasing a weekly blog post that expands on four core topics for this year's CSA month: Phishing, Social Engineering (whaling), Passphrases for passwords, and Ransomware. At the end of the month, there will be a quiz released to employees and students. Receiving 1

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October Is Cybersecurity Awareness Month

Park, Karenposted on Oct 3, 2022

You can champion Cybersecurity Awareness Month by practicing and sharing the information we share this month with your friends and family. Each October, we try to raise awareness about digital security and empower everyone to protect their personal data from digital forms of crime. Now in its 19th year, Cybersecurity Awareness Month continues to build momentum and impact. It is co-led by the National Cybersecurity Alliance and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA). This year’s the

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SPU Moves to Azure MFA

Kanehen, Joshposted on Apr 18, 2022

As part of our ongoing efforts to better protect campus and reduce administrative costs, CIS has licensed Microsoft's Azure Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for all current Duo 2FA users and all Students at a lower cost than our current Employee-only coverage through Duo. Extending this service to campus is both a best practice and will greatly reduce the number of compromised SPU student accounts, consequently decreasing the number of phishing emails sent to others from within the SPU communit

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2021 October Cybersecurity Awareness Month - Students

Micah Schaafsmaposted on Oct 1, 2021

The last 2 years have seen a dramatic increase in cybercrime. From 2019 to 2020, there was a 435% increase in ransomware attacks, digital attacks aimed at stealing private data and holding it for ransom. 80% of these attacks used fake emails, known as phishing, to trick people into giving up their personal information. Here at home, SPU students are scammed out of thousands of dollars every year by online scams and fraud. How can you protect yourself? Learn best practices for staying safe o

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2021 October Cybersecurity Awareness Month - Employees

Micah Schaafsmaposted on Oct 1, 2021

The year 2020 broke all the records when it came to cybersecurity incidents. Driven by the pandemic and the shift to remote work, there were over 1.4M reports of identity theft in the US, more than double the reported count in 2019. Malware increased by more than 350% and several colleges and universities have been significantly impacted by ransomware. The higher education industry is particularly vulnerable as it holds tremendous amounts of data about its constituents and is generally conside

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