The Internet Storm Center is running a month long series on cyber security.
And in their own words here’s their planned coverage for the month:
We’re still finalizing our list but here is how we think it will go each day in October. We plan to discuss the actions taken by people, rather than ports, protocols, software, etc. as we’ve done the past few years.
Week One (Oct 1-9) Parents and extended family
1 – Securing the family PC
2 – Securing the family network
3 – Recognizing phishing and online scams
4 – Managing email
5 – Sites you should stay away from
6 – Computer monitoring tools
7 – Remote access and monitoring tools
8 – Patch management and system updates
9 – Disposal of an old computerWeek Two (Oct 10-16) Children, schools, and young friends
10 – Safe browsing for pre-teens
11 – Safe browsing for teens
12 – Social media usage
13 – Online bullying
14 – Securing a public computer
15 – What teachers need to know about their students
16 – Securing a donated computerWeek Three (Oct 17-23) Bosses
17 – What a boss should and should not have access to
18 – What you should tell your boss when there’s a crisis
19 – VPN and remote access tools also here, here and here.
20 – Securing mobile devices
21 – Dealing with insane requests from the boss
22 – Security of removable media
23 – Importance of complianceWeek Four (Oct 24-31) Co-workers
24 – Using work computers at home
25 – Using home computers for work
26 – Sharing office files
27 – Use of social media in the office
28 – Role of the employee
29 – Role of the office geek
30 – Role of the network team
31 – Tying it all together
Day one’s post is already up and I’ve linked to it above – I’ll try to update the links as often as I can but suggest you make a note of the URL and track it directly anyway.
