Since 2004, October has been recognised by the United States government as Cybersecurity Awareness Month (CAM). You can read the most recent presidential proclamation of CAM here.
For those of us whose roles require us to be aware of cybersecurity year-round, it may seem redundant to declare a special month devoted to the subject. However, CAM does present a great opportunity to engage users, improve overall cyber hygiene and boost awareness of how to consistently reduce cyber risks at all levels and across all systems — all year long.
The United States Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the nonprofit National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA) offer plenty of resources and materials to help both individuals and organisations create engaging programmes to increase cybersecurity awareness.
You can access these resources and toolkits here and here.
Technical solutions to secure networks and data against cybercriminals grow more advanced and sophisticated every day (but also simpler and more intuitive to use — at least in Barracuda’s case). But the theme of this year’s CAM is intended as a reminder that at the end of the day, cybersecurity is all about individuals making smart choices, establishing good cyber hygiene habits and being aware of security concerns in every internet-enabled interaction.
“See Yourself in Cyber” is an encouragement to organisations of all kinds to launch broadly inclusive awareness programmes to help make everyone more aware of how to increase both their own personal cybersecurity and that of the organisations where they work.
Last but not least, it’s a recruitment slogan, encouraging engineers and business professionals of all kinds to consider careers in cybersecurity. It’s no secret that the entire industry is facing a shortage of qualified candidates. And even though every tech company makes this claim, cybersecurity really is an industry that works to make the world a better, safer place.
CISA and NCA are using this month to highlights a few key actions that everyone should take, the sooner the better, to improve cybersecurity:
The threat landscape keeps evolving, and there are always new trends in cybersecurity that it’s important to inform yourself about.
Barracuda is extending the idea of Cybersecurity Awareness Month with a series of upcoming blog posts that explore seven key trends Gartner identified for 2022 that should be top-of-mind for anyone involved in combating cyber crime:
Article Source: https://blog.barracuda.com/2022/10/05/make-the-most-of-cybersecurity-awareness-month/