Although not an official part of the holiday season, having October as national CyberSecurity Awareness Month is a good thing. If people can have an awareness of cyber security and stay safe, maybe the good guys can win the war for the Internet.
Led by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, America’s cyberdefense agency, a visit to www.cisa.gov/cybersecurity-awareness-month to download the CAM toolkit was at the top of my “must visit” list.
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Dave Moore, CISSP, has been fixing computers in Oklahoma since 1984. Founder of the non-profit Internet Safety Group Ltd, he also teaches Internet safety community training workshops. He can be reached at 405-919-9901 or www.internetsafetygroup.org. No AI was used in writing this column.
