National Cyber Security Awareness Month

“Our Shared Responsibility” is this year’s National Cyber Security Awareness theme. This theme is meant to reinforce that cyber security is not only government and industries responsibilities but each computer users.

By following a few simple steps, you can keep your personal assets and information secure. If each computer user does their part to keep safe, this will improve the overall security cyberspace.

 Listed below are the top tips from the National Cyber Security Alliance on ways to keep you safe online. Additional information on each point can be found at their website http://www.staysafeonline.org/top-tips.

• Know who you are dealing with online.
• Keep your browsers and operating system up to date.
• Backup important files.
• Protect your children online.
• Use security software tools as your first line of defense.
• Use strong passwords or strong authentication technology to help protect your personal information.
• Learn what to do if something goes wrong.

 While the month of October is National Cyber Security Awareness month, we all need to practice good cyber security all year long.