Posted by Maxim Weinstein
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:11:40 GMT
The National Cyber Security Alliance, which is coordinating the effort designating October as National Cyber Security Awareness Month, has a list of the "Top 8 Cyber Security Practices." This list, although not new to many in the StopBadware community, is a great resource for educating users about the key concepts for staying safe online.
Here’s the list:
Protect your personal information. It’s valuable.
Know who you’re dealing with online.
Use anti-virus software, a firewall, and anti-spyware software to help keep your computer safe and secure.
Be sure to set up your operating system and web browser software properly, and update them regularly.
Use strong passwords or strong authentication technology to help protect your personal information.
Posted by Erica George
Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:46:46 GMT
Later this month, StopBadware will be giving a webinar on website & computer security for nonprofits, hosted by NTEN – the Nonprofit Technology Education Network. If you’re involved in technology for a nonprofit, and want to learn more about security, find out more about the webinar and register here.
Posted by Maxim Weinstein
Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:23:37 GMT
Periodically, we update our Badware Guidelines to reflect what we have learned from the community and from our work. We have recently put together a draft of our new guidelines for software, and we’d like your feedback. Please let us know what you think in the comments.
In addition to any observations, corrections, or suggestions you have, we’re interested in a couple specific questions:
Do we adequately cover the issue of behavior that is/isn’t appropriate with automatic update features?
Is the “deceptive behavior” section overly broad, or does it accurately capture an element of badware that we were missing?
Posted by Maxim Weinstein
Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:41:36 GMT
Today marks the start of National Cyber Security Awareness Month, an effort to educate Americans about online safety:
Each year, the National Cyber Security Division (NCSD) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) joins with the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) and other partners to support National Cyber Security Awareness Month, a national campaign focused on educating the American public, businesses, schools and government agencies about ways to secure their part of cyber space, computers and our nation’s critical infrastructure.
StopBadware.org is proud to support this effort. Sometime soon, possibly even during the month, we will be unveiling a new website to help further the common cause of educating the public about preventing and removing badware. Stay tuned for further details!
