The Secret History of Cybersecurity Awareness Month (And its Not-So-Secret Future)
The
Secret History of Cybersecurity Awareness Month
(And
its Not-So-Secret Future)
Have you ever wondered
where all those weird holidays come from? Like, who got to decide that April 23rd
was National Talk Like Shakespeare Day? Or that Squirrel Appreciation Day would
fall on January 21st? Or that the last Friday of every April would be National Hairball Awareness Day? An entire day to make sure that your feline friends aren’t spewing wet clumps of hair on to the floor seems like a waste of time, but do you know what isn’t? An entire month dedicated to cybersecurity. Now that’s a topic worthy of a holiday!
Cybersecurity Awareness
Month was created by the Department of Homeland Security and the National Cyber
Security Alliance in October of 2004. It was launched in an effort to help
Americans to be safe in the rapidly growing Internet. Since its inception, the
month has only grown more important as our lives become increasingly digitized.
Many high-ranking US officials have been a part of the event including former
DHS Secretaries and former Presidents. We are only one of many industry
participants who are taking this month to educate our community on the
importance of cybersecurity. College campuses, non-profits, and other
organizations frequently join in on the fun as well.
This October, we will
be participating in Cybersecurity Awareness Month in a big way. For all 31 days
of the month, we will be giving you integral tips on how to build up your
personal and business cybersecurity. Each one of these tips will bring you new
avenues for protecting yourself online and will help you build a fortress of
digital protections around yourself. Also, stay tuned for weekly blog posts
that will give you even more information on how to stay safe online. Then go register for our webinar “Save the Scares for Halloween! How to Avoid Human Error in Cybersecurity” https://evolvecs.net/webinar
and Make sure that you’re following us on social media https://www.facebook.com/groups/592749431879394 so you don’t miss out on any of the cybersecurity goodness we have in October.
