{"id":6294,"date":"2023-09-28T20:02:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T03:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/cis\/?p=6294"},"modified":"2024-02-08T13:05:29","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T21:05:29","slug":"october-is-cybersecurity-awareness-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/cis\/2023\/09\/28\/october-is-cybersecurity-awareness-month\/","title":{"rendered":"October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/cis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/CAM1.png\" alt=\"Cybersecurity Awareness Month graphic from CISA\" class=\"wp-image-6295\" style=\"width:290px;height:290px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/cis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/CAM1.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/cis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/CAM1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/cis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/CAM1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/cis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/CAM1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/cis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/09\/CAM1-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>October is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cisa.gov\/cybersecurity-awareness-month\"><strong>National Cybersecurity Awareness Month<\/strong><\/a>, an initiative of the U.S. government.&nbsp; This year\u2019s theme is \u201cSecure our World\u201d&nbsp; and we have a mix of information and activities planned to increase awareness of safe computing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Use complex and unique passwords or passphrases, along with a password manager.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>HMC has a campus subscription for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/cis\/services\/lastpass\/\">LastPass<\/a>.&nbsp; We encourage you to use it, or another good password manager.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MFA &#8211; multi factor authentication is another layer of security needed to protect your online accounts\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>HMC uses Duo for MFA on our systems, and our CIS Help Desk can help you with this.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Recognize and report phishing\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>We ask everyone to report fraudulent messages in their email client (use the phishing hook in MS 365 and Google or forward suspicious messages to <a href=\"mailto:&#114;&#101;port&#112;&#104;is&#104;i&#110;g&#64;h&#109;&#99;.&#101;&#100;u\">r&#101;por&#116;ph&#105;&#115;h&#105;&#110;g&#64;&#104;&#109;&#99;&#46;&#101;&#100;u<\/a> if there\u2019s no hook in your mail client).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Keep your system updated\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>We set all computers loaned and newly prepared for automatic updates of operating systems and browsers. You should do the same for your devices.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is an outline of the activities and information we have planned for the month of October:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Week 1 &#8211;&nbsp; Information sharing via Cyber Survival Guide<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Week 2 &#8211; Recognize our top participants for the last 12 months of Ninjio security awareness content<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Week 3 &#8211; We will be testing your security awareness.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Week 4 &#8211; Awareness wrap-up and support event for folks who need extra help with their systems<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Other resources for 2023:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/v4RfpRYwvAVh1ouJsJ0h37snLoG0AETfw-RsIdUxi7L985b_xW4tYxsHdG9R8ZsAXYn8ebK04L1zUv4JJlomO0c8brpUR4pE6T7FFR8E7x8v_iYIIqJ92HnwRWkg8KE7pYzy9NCbaKGcephbaNpt2LY\" width=\"276\" height=\"276\" alt=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/NGiW2Mte6WsNOncxEQlZ9_jJxVo___ITw54b2aPYu91husblzgAIICUA5paBD_6_l0TZVQxkeZR3GyMoN5o7VWYWEu2EIrDq7sQiKnoG4w85-w4x_Qxc-jwk30rV21JNoQ3ZZ8DvmoUEkX1gOBdYKIQ\" width=\"272\" height=\"272\" alt=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/UH-eN36DlJzvdj84H5i7jQ8gs3MHfvBoBFN-S0tXMGZ1ZZACV4VfyE4C0WWF4OefEm3JxeClh-QOyGOyOM05SaGzRj1aZItteeHIDuz7bYxXX3-EUs-KYQCIHfpIN6P3iaATVLhWS6c9NdSEG_zyS8g\" width=\"271\" height=\"271\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, an initiative of the U.S. government.&nbsp; This year\u2019s theme is \u201cSecure our World\u201d&nbsp; and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61,5,16,59,6,10,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cybersecurity","category-from-cis","category-governance","category-infrastructure-and-systems-ias","category-it-news-from-elsewhere","category-cioupdates","category-user-support-services"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/cis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/cis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/cis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/cis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/cis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6294"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/cis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6390,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/cis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6294\/revisions\/6390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/cis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/cis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/cis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}