The mission of the Colorado Office of Cyber Security (OCS) is directly aligned with the goals and objectives of the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace and is the single state source for cyber security readiness and awareness. Working closely with federal, state, local and private sector partners, the Office of Cyber Security actively gathers and analyzes information on cyber threats and vulnerabilities that present risk to the state's information systems or the critical information managed within.

This site provides useful information security resources and serves as a central location for the Office of Cyber Security to post advisories, events and publications.

Cyber Security Tips: What is a firewall and why should I use one?

Security Measures Have to be Reasonable
Computerworld
By Mathias Thurman

Virtual Alabama is Worth a Visit
CSO Online
By Dan Lohrmann

Permanent Denial-of-Service Attack Sabotages Hardware
Dark Reading
By Kelly Jackson Higgins

COSIGHT
Colorado Security Intelligence Geolocation and Heuristics Tool hosted on Google Code
By Scott Burger of CO ISOC

Current OUCH! Newsletter
SANS Institute

Today's Cyber Security Alert:

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GUARDED

The CYBER ALERT level is GUARDED or BLUE.  This indicates a general risk of virus, or increased hacking or malicious activitiy.  The potential exists for malicious activity, but no known exploits have been identified.

Cyber Tip of the Month:

Don't store your password with your laptop. You should secure your laptop with a strong password, but don't keep the password in the laptop case or on a piece of paper stuck to the laptop.