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IT Professionals helping America's young people stay safe and secure online.
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An article in today’s Washington Post about sexting (sending sexually explicit photos by cell phone) accurately portrays the difficulties schools, law enforcement, and prosecutors have when new uses of technology don’t necessarily fit into laws and polices already on the books. Often young people embrace technology and find new, and sometimes negative uses, before parents, schools, and the community have the opportunity to proactively respond.
More and more people are turning to social networks to keep in touch with friends and familiy and expand their personal networks. Facebook, one of the most popular social networking sites, has more than 200 million users.
Unfortunately, there are always people out there ready to take advantage of people during times of crisis.
Yesterday, at a featured panel at the RSA conference, NCSAG launched a volunteer program for IT professionals to go into schools and teach cyber security, cyber safety, and cyber ethics.
The RSA Conference (RSA the security division of EMC, an NCSAG Board Member) this week in San Francisco is an important event in the annual cyber security calendar. Thousands of IT security professionals gather to learn.
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March 19, 2009—Harris Online Security & PrivacyGG Study
A report commissioned by Microsoft and the NCSA shows security breaches still of concern to consumers. Read the fact sheet here.
November 18, 2008
NCSA’s 2008 National Cyberethics, Cybersafety, Cybersecurity Baseline StudyThe state of K-12 cyber ethics, cyber safety & cyber security education in the United States.
Read the press release
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NCSAGG is a collaborative effort among experts in the security, non-profit, academic and government field established to provide free resources to help secure cyber space.
Recent Press Releases
- National Cyber Security Alliance Executive Director Michael Kaiser Named to U.S. Department of Commerce's NTIA Online Safety Working Group
- National Cyber Security Alliance and SAIC Team to Educate Students on Internet Safety, Security and Ethics
- National Cyber Security Alliance Launches Cyber Security Awareness Volunteer Education Program (C-SAVE)
- Poster Contest Launched to Encourage Internet Safety and Security
Homeland Security
There are some best practices from passwords, backing up your data, filtering your email and more that you should incorporate into how you manage you home computing environment.