October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month

National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM), conducted every October since 2001, is a national public awareness campaign to encourage everyone to protect their computers and our nation’s critical cyber infrastructure.

Cyber security requires vigilance 365 days a year. However, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC), the primary drivers of NCSAM, coordinate to shed a brighter light in October on what home users, schools, businesses and governments need to do in order to protect their computers, children, and data.

As a leader in cybersecurity education, the college will host and attend various events in support of cybersecurity awareness.

Events hosted by the college

• Tuesday, October 5 - Capitol will host the Baltimore ISSA Chapter InfoSec Summit

• Friday, October 8 - Lockheed Martin will be on campus to present the college with a grant in support of the Cyber Battle Lab and Emerging STEM Leaders Education and Public Outreach Program

• Friday, October 8 and Friday, October 22 - Open House (including tours of the Cyber Battle Lab)

• Wednesday, October 27 - Ms. Debora Plunkett, NSA's director of the Information Assurance Directorate (IAD), will speak at the President's Forum

• Wednesday, October 27 - Fort Meade Alliance presents STEM Family Night

Events representatives of the college will attend

• Wednesday, October 6 - Patuxent River Naval Air Station Engineering Expo

• Thursday, October 7 - U.S. Navy SPAWAR/JFCOM Tech Expo, Norfolk VA

• Thursday, October 14 - Dr. Maconachy will speak at the SAIC Annual Cyber Security Conference at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab

• Monday, October 18 - Social Security Administration Cyber Security Awareness Day

• Tuesday, October 19 - NSA FANX Location Tech Expo

• Wednesday, October 20, 2010 - NSA National Business Park Annex

• Thursday, October 21, 2010 - US Patent and Trademark Office Cyber Security Awareness Day

To find out more about how you can demonstrate your commitment to cybersecurity and secure your cyberspace, visit www.staysafeonline.org.