Under the overarching theme of ‘Own IT. Secure IT. Protect IT.’, the 16th annual National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM) is focused on encouraging personal accountability and proactive behavior in security best practices and digital privacy. Cyber Data-Risk Managers is proud to be an 8-year Champion participating in NCSAM.
Technology has certainly changed the world and continues to innovate. Many would say that it has changed our lives for the better, while others may argue that is has changed our lives for the worse. What’s certain now is “death, taxes and cyber attacks”.
Not a day goes by any longer when we don’t hear about a data breach, cyber attack, compromised data, ransom demands, invasion of privacy, etc., etc.
NCSAM is a collaborative effort among businesses, government agencies, colleges and universities, associations, nonprofit organizations and individuals committed to this year’s NCSAM theme of ‘Own IT. Secure IT. Protect IT.’ which encourages everyone to #BeCyberSmart through cybersecurity best practices.
Indeed, businesses and organizations are responsible for protecting data that is entrusted to them and individuals deserve the right to their privacy. Nonetheless, what seems to be missing in recent years is “data privacy”. Due to the endless data breaches that have occurred and continue to happen, many individuals have lost their data privacy.
While privacy means different things to different people, we have reached a point in which as individuals, we must incorporate personal accountability for practicing good security hygiene and digital privacy.
NCSAM 2019 revolves around an individual’s own devices, and how to secure and protect those devices in order to protect digital privacy.
While the NCSAM 2019 is focused on individuals this year, the theme is also applicable to companies and organizations as well.
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