Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2024
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October may be halfway over, but we’re still celebrating Cybersecurity Awareness Month! This is the perfect time to strengthen your knowledge and adopt smarter online practices.
This year, we’re focusing on key recommendations from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Their guide, “Cybersecurity for Small Business,” highlights 12 essential areas that every organization—big or small—should prioritize.
What Will We Cover?
Let’s take a sneak peek at the topics we’ll be diving into over the next few weeks:
- Cybersecurity basics
- Physical security
- Ransomware
- Phishing
- Business email imposters
- Tech support scams
- Email authentication
- Vendor security
- Hiring a web host
- Secure remote access
- The NIST cybersecurity framework
- Cyber insurance
How will it work?
With 12 important topics to explore, we’ll release one article per day starting Wednesday, October 16, 2024.
We encourage you to share these articles with your leadership, your team, and even your friends and family. Cybersecurity awareness isn’t just a workplace priority—it’s a personal one too!
In the meantime, feel free to browse through our previous articles to refresh your cybersecurity knowledge. Every step you take helps strengthen your defenses!
How to setup a strong password
What is MFA? How is it useful?
How to detect and avoid phishing?
Stay tuned, stay secure, and let’s make Cybersecurity Awareness Month count!