National Cyber Security Awareness Month 2010 is HERE!

["Delaney, Cherry L." <cdelaney () PURDUE EDU>]

It's that time of year again! October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month.

Help us raise awareness with your faculty, staff, and students in October by promoting National Cyber Security 
Awareness Month (NCSAM). EDUCAUSE will start the month off with an ELive! on October, 1. Register 
here<https://net.educause.edu/LIVE1027/Registration/1026958> to listen to Alan Paller, Director of Research, SANS 
Institute as he talks about the most dangerous new threats to our campuses and the three most promising initiatives for 
improving the nation's defense.

If you plan on holding an event in October, please share your plans and any applicable URL's with this group or send an 
e-mail to <security-council () educause edu<mailto:security-council () educause edu?subject=NCSAM%202009%20Plans>> so 
your institution's activities can be included with our list of 2010 campus events.

This year the EDUCAUSE/Internet2 Higher Education Information Security Council (HEISC) and the National Cyber Security 
Alliance (NCSA) have made it even easier to get involved.

Suggested EDUCAUSE resources:

 *   Resource Kit for National Cyber Security Awareness Month 
<https://wiki.internet2.edu/confluence/display/itsg2/NCSAM+Resource+Kit>
 *   Sample Kit for National Cyber Security Awareness Month 
<https://wiki.internet2.edu/confluence/display/itsg2/NCSAM+Sample+Kit>
 *   Security Awareness Poster & Video Contest 2006-2009 Winners (http://www.youtube.com/user/SecurityVideoContest and 
http://www.facebook.com/secvideocontest)
 *   Cybersecurity Awareness Resource Library (https://wiki.internet2.edu:443/confluence/x/PQtG)

NCSA also has a website with free materials: http://www.staysafeonline.org/ncsam.

*         NCSA National Cybersecurity Awareness Month Launch Event: Monday, October 
4<http://ncsamlaunch2010.eventbrite.com/>.

If you have questions or need additional information, please contact the Higher Education Information Security Council 
<security-council () educause edu<mailto:security-council () educause edu?subject=NCSAM%202009%20Plans>> or NCSA <info 
() staysafeonline org<mailto:info () staysafeonline org>>.

Thank you,
Cherry Delaney and Ben Woelk

Co-Chairs, Higher Education Information Security Council Awareness & Training Working Group