NCSAM 2011 has concluded...What's next?

[Nicole Kegler <nk278 () GEORGETOWN EDU>]

Greetings everyone!

National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM) 2011 has just concluded 
so, what's next?

First, we would like to say thank you to the higher education community 
for another successful celebration of NCSAM! It was wonderful to hear 
about the fun activities and events taking place on campuses around the 
world.

Although NCSAM ended yesterday, we hope that campuses will continue to 
educate and train students, staff, and faculty on the importance of 
security awareness throughout the year. We heard from many institutions 
about their plans during the month of October. See what events took 
place by visiting our NCSAM Resource Kit: 
http://tinyurl.com/NCSAMresourcekit

If your event is not yet listed on the website, please share your event 
URL or a brief description of your NCSAM-related initiatives, as well as 
any outcomes (expected or unexpected), with the participants on this 
discussion list. Or, if you prefer, send an e-mail to 
security-council () educause edu <mailto:security-council () educause edu>.

We also received new submissions for the Cybersecurity Awareness 
Resource Library -- http://tinyurl.com/NCSAMresourcekit

Perhaps these creative contributions will inspire you to develop fresh 
materials for NCSAM 2012!

And remember -- in addition to NCSAM next October -- we hope that 
campuses will consider observing and promoting Data Privacy Day on 
January 28, 2012. EDUCAUSE will kick off Data Privacy Day with a webinar 
on January 4, 2012, so save the date!

Finally, we would like to thank the National Cyber Security Alliance, 
http://www.staysafeonline.org/ncsam, and the Department of Homeland 
Security, http://www.dhs.gov/files/events/stop-think-connect.shtm, for 
helping campuses promote NCSAM throughout the month of October.

Nicole Kegler and Ben Woelk
Co-Chairs, Higher Education Information Security Council (HEISC) 
Awareness & Training Working Group

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Nicole Kegler
Co-Chair, Awareness and Training Working Group
EDUCAUSE/Internet2 Higher Education Information Security Council

Communications Manager
Information Security Office
Georgetown University
202-687-5784
nk278 () georgetown edu