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The Department of
Homeland Security is informing the population about the importance of
maintaining your personal online security. Homeland Security is getting the
public to participate in protecting themselves online through National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM).
Online safety is not only a personal matter, but a matter of
national security. Homeland Security sponsors several campaigns in order to
teach the population about how to protect themselves online safely.
Our economy and our businesses are also constantly under
threat with crimes like information theft, financial theft, and fraud. While Homeland Security advocates protecting your company online, there
is also an initiative to raise the next generation of professionals to be cognizant of the importance of Cyber Security.
The basics of online safety practices are simple. Homeland
Security suggests: Keep a clean machine, protect your personal information,
connect with care, be web wise, and be a good online citizen.
The citizens of the United States are the first line of defense for national cyber security
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On the start of National Cyber Security Awarenss Month, a press release was made by the Department of Homeland Security by Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security
Alejandro Mayorkas saying the following:
Every citizen plays an important role in the First Line of Defense against cyber attacks. All Americans should utilize National Cyber Security Awareness month in order to learn about their part in protecting and keeping the internet safe, as well as securing it with good cyber practices in all facets of life including at home, at work, at school, and everywhere else.
The infrastructure of the United States is largely online,
but is also exists as physical nodes and hardware keeping the network up that can be attacked. Because this network is so interwoven among
organizations, businesses, governments, peoples, as well as connections
overseas, there are insurmountable openings in the United States cyber defense.
A fundamental step in the United States cyber defense is
protecting yourself, your private information, and your businesses. Protecting
yourself will strengthen the level of defense in the United States overall.
Stop.Think.Connect is a campaign started by Homeland Security five years ago in order to educate the importance of cyber security and to show how to protect yourself online.
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Stop.Think.Connect is
a program created by the Department of Homeland Security in addition with the
support of the National Cyber Security Alliance and the Anti-Phishing Working
Group. This initiative was caused by a declaration by President Barack Obama as
a part of the proclamation of NSCAM in October 2010.
With technology and the internet being ubiquitous in the United
States, the participation gap of technology is reaching an infinitesimally small
amount. Consequently, the number of networks and connections between people in
the United States and internally in the government and different organizations are also increasing. This leaves more
vulnerabilities and access points into the United States network and
infrastructure which threaten the United States Cyber landscape.
The campaign program provides a host of information for different demographics as well as a wide range of organizations. The Stop.Think.Connect Resource
Guide provides a plethora of information and ways to integrate safe cyber
security practices in all sorts of environments such as personal use, elderly
use, social media use, industrial use, governmental use, educational uses and
more.
The most basic tips offered on the Stop.Think.Connect
website includes keeping your machine clean, protecting your personal
information, connecting with care, being web-wise, and being a good online
citizen.
Keeping your machine clean involves protecting your devices with anti-virus software and keeping all of your applications updated. Protecting your personal information is as simple as using two-factor authentication, which requires an additional code sent to your phone in addition to your password to log in, and having a strong password. Connecting with care means only clicking links that you know are safe and connecting to internet connection you know are secure. Being web wise is to be knowledgable about cyber security and knowing what is safe online.
The last general tip offered is to be a good online "netizen". In essence, the whole purpose of the campaign is to make all internet users, safe online users. This can be done by keeping up to date with Cyber Security, being aware of Cyber Security, and following the tips on being safe online.
The last general tip offered is to be a good online "netizen". In essence, the whole purpose of the campaign is to make all internet users, safe online users. This can be done by keeping up to date with Cyber Security, being aware of Cyber Security, and following the tips on being safe online.
There is an ever increasing amount of Cyber Crimes leading to reports of increased concerns of Cyber Attacks from companies
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According to a survey
conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), over a third of the companies have
detected an increase in cyber security attacks over the previous year and the
number is expected to grow. Furthermore, the survey found that in 2013 the mean
number of attacks was 135 per organization. What is even more terrifying is
that a large number of the companies surveyed were not aware of cyber-attacks
until informed by the FBI.
Even with the volume of attacks, it is hard to imagine that all these cyber crimes that occur in any moment of time. Norsecorp,
a cyber security and intelligence organization, has created a visualization on cyber-attacks. The program draws
information in real time to demonstrate how many cyber-attacks are going on at
any one moment in addition to the location, attacker, and targets.
Attacks come from all over the world and the targets are no exception. Cyber-attacks are going on constantl with the United States being a premier target. Even with all of the programs and lines of defense set up by the government, the threat is constantly growing. The United States
requires a strong cyber defense which starts with you users the internet.
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I think overall this is an excellent post. Starting with the headline, I think you did an amazing job in making it very explanatory. It identifies that the Homeland Security is sponsoring the Cyber Security Awareness Month to protect your online security, but the part that I thought it was the most efficient was that you explained how they were going to protect internet users' online security, and that was by "increasing awareness and safety practices".
ReplyDeleteI also think that the first two paragraphs were very strong and efficient, providing readers with the most important information first. They added to the explanatory headline and they further explained what the CSAM was all about.
Moving on to the other elements of this article, I believe that you captured most of the requirements we are supposed to meet in this class. The inverted pyramid is there, there are good images and graphs, they are smoothly displayed throughout the text and it presents a very solid contiguity. There are good explanatory hyperlinks, however, I would like to see maybe a couple more of those in order to get a better understanding of the subject. I would also make the hyperlinks open the web pages in another tab. There are explanatory sub-headlines as well, and they are cohesive. Just make sure to keep them all in the same format, because the last one is larger than the rest of them.
Other than that, the article is very well structured and provide readers with some valuable information about the importance of being safe while using the internet, not only for the individual but also for the benefit of the country. There was only one sentence that appears twice in the article, in different paragraphs, that in my opinion made it sound a little repetitive. Make sure that you do not repeat information to keep your text engaging and dynamic. But, as I said, I really enjoyed this article and with a few corrections I think it is going to be perfect!