Lakewood, Colo. If you’re online, you’re at risk. That’s why we in Region 8 invite you to join us in celebrating Cybersecurity Awareness Month. There’s a lot to share, learn, and do when it comes to how we, working together, Secure our World.
This year, we kicked off Cybersecurity Awareness Month in late September, talking with KGWN Cheyenne and Wyoming News Now about school safety and keeping kids safe online. During the summer, we spent time in Colorado talking with congregations from different Houses of Worship and with vendors of broadband services about creating and maintaining secure systems. This past spring, we joined Dakota State University in South Dakota for their DakotaCon cybersecurity convention and stopped by the cyber labs where students showcased their latest innovations.
We’d also like to work with you! Talk with our cybersecurity team to learn how you can build resilience in your systems, software and with your staff. We live where we work with cybersecurity advisors and coordinators in Colorado, Montana, North and South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming. We are just an email away.
Learn about our cybersecurity grant program and funding opportunities for state and local governments, book a cybersecurity assessment, or invite us to speak to your team about how to identify, understand, and prevent cyber threats.
But most importantly, make sure you, personally, are doing what you can to Secure Our World. Each of us can respond to the call to action this October by taking four simple steps:
- Use strong passwords, the longer and more random, the better;
- Enable multifactor authentication when offered;
- Think before you click, learn to recognize, and report phishing and other email scams; and,
- Regularly update software to patch vulnerabilities.
When it comes to cybersecurity, what we all do counts. If you don’t know where to start at home or at work, contact us at Region 8!