Cyber Security Awareness Month Is Here!

[Rodney Petersen <rpetersen () EDUCAUSE EDU>]

Today, October 1st, marks the beginning of National Cyber Security
Awareness Month.  We are excited by the support we've received from many
institutions who are working hard to raise awareness and hold events in
support of this new initiative.  Below are a few additional highlights:

*       You can download a web banner for "October is National Cyber
Security Awareness Month" at
http://www.educause.edu/NationalCyberSecurityAwarenessWebBanners/4935
Please consider including this banner on your organizational web site.

*       At a launch event held at the National Press Club yesterday,
Jack Suess, CIO at UMBC and Co-chair of the EDUCAUSE/Internet2 Computer
and Network Security Task Force, issued a statement that is available at
http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/SEC0419.pdf

*       Cong. Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), chair of the House Science
Committee, introduced H. Con. Res. 502 yesterday "expressing the sense
of Congress with respect to raisng awareness and enhancing the state of
computer security in the United States and supporting the goals and
ideas of National Computer Security Awareness Month."

*       The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), which is
headquarted in the EDUCAUSE offices in D.C., has launched a redesign of
its web site.  Please visit www.StaySafeOnline.info

*       Read NCSA press release about "Straw Poll Finds Computer Users
More Aware of Super Bowl Halftime 'Exposure' than of their Cyber
Security 'Exposure'" at
http://www.staysafeonline.info/news/NCSAPerceptionPollRelease.pdf

Please join us for a national webcast on "Campus and National Approaches
to Improving Cyber Security Awareness" as part of EDUCAUSE Live
(http://www.educause.edu/LIVE0411) on Wednesday, October 6th, 1-2 p.m.

More updates will follow.

Sincerely,

Rodney Petersen
Security Task Force Coordinator, EDUCAUSE

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