NCSA launches security month

Watchdog kicks off awareness offensive.

US online safety organisation the

National Cyber Security Alliance

(NCSA) has launched its latest public information campaign, labelling October a ‘National Cyber Security Awareness Month’.

The not-for-profit NCSA, backed by bodies like the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Trade Commission as well as private companies, is offering educational DVDs and lesson plans for use in schools, web banners and promotional material for web and intranet sites, as well as general advice on spreading the online safety word.

The campaign homepage is

here

.

Find out more about user security awareness at the

Virus Bulletin conference

(11-13 October, Montréal), where Peter Cooper (

Sophos

) will present

his paper

‘User education: teaching techniques and learning styles for damage limitation’.

See the full programme

here

or click

here to register now

.

Posted on 02 October 2006 by

Virus Bulletin