Are you tired of being the cybersecurity help desk for everyone you know? Are you frustrated with spending all your time securing your corporate environment, only to have to deal with the threat that snuck in through naive end-users? Are you new to security and wondering how you ended up here? This blog is for you!
Introducing the Cyber Aware Campaign
Every year, November and December tend to be awash with media articles sharing tips for “safe” online shopping, particularly around Cyber Monday. This has been compounded in 2020, a year characterized in cybersecurity by increased remote working, reliance on online and delivery services, and COVID-19-themed scams and attacks. Many have viewed 2020 as a hacker’s playground.
It’s in this setting then that the U.K. government has relaunched its Cyber Aware campaign to help internet citizens navigate the rocky shores of defending their digital lives. The campaign—which features TV, radio, and print ads, as well as various (virtual) events—offers six practical and actionable tips for helping people protect themselves online.
The tips are designed to be applicable to the broadest audience possible. They are not necessarily the most sophisticated security best practices, but rather (and very intentionally), they are fairly basic and applicable to a wide range of people. The list has been devised as the result of considerable development and testing: The U.K. government not only sought input from security experts, but also from nonprofits and civil society groups representing various constituent groups. This helped them ensure the tips would be practical for everyone from your granny to your favorite athlete (maybe they are the same person).
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