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Cyber Security Awareness Month

October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month. Each day this month we will explore a different computer security topic. These topics and much of the content come from a highly respected computer security organization known as SANS (found online at www.sans.org).

These tips are intended to be useful to anyone, not just system administrators and computer experts!

Week 1 - Increasing Cyber Security Awareness Yes, This Applies to You Tools, Training, Useful Websites Getting the Boss Involved Enabling the Road Warrior Social Engineering and Dumpster Diving Awareness Developing and Distributing Policies	Week 2 - Best Practices Host-based Firewalls and Filtering Anti-Virus, Anti-Spyware, and Other Protective Software Access Controls, including Wireless, VPN, and Physical Access Authentication Mechanisms (Passwords) File System Backups Managing and Understanding Logs on the Desktop or Laptop Patching and Updates
Week 3 - Hardware/Software Lockdown Data Encryption Protecting Laptops Protecting Portable Media Like USB Keys, PDAs, and Mobile Phones Windows XP/Vista Tips Mac Tips Linux Tips Software Authenticity and Digital Signatures	Week 4 - Safe Internet Use Understanding Online Threats, Phishing, and Fraud Detecting and Avoiding Bots and Zombies Using Browsers, SSL, Domain Names Not All Patches are Released on a Tuesday Email and Instant Messaging Safe File Swapping Online Games and Virtual Worlds
Week 5 - Privacy and Protection of Intellectual Property Cookies Insider Threats Blogging and Social Networking Legal Awareness (Regulatory, Statutory, etc.)