Overall, DHS for a Day in Detroit provided our private sector partners with a glimpse of the work that DHS does every day to keep our nation’s borders and economy secure. However, security is a shared responsibility. Through sustained partnerships with the private sector we can keep our hometowns and our homeland safe.

Posted by FEMA Public Affairs


Minot, ND, October 13, 2011 -- David Myers (left), Director of the DHS Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships, and FEMA Region VIII Administrator Robin Finegan, at a flood-damaged home. Myers and Finegan were in Minot meeting with faith-based groups and surveying the damage caused by June's Souris River flooding.

Robin Finegan, Administrator, FEMA Region VIII (Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming) and David Myers, Director of the DHS Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships were in Minot recently and wanted to provide their perspective on the recovery efforts and vital role of faith-based and community groups.

Below is an update from Robin on the ongoing recovery in Minot:

Historic flooding of the Souris River damaged thousands of homes, businesses, farms, and public facilities across North Dakota, most notably in the town of Minot and in Ward County. FEMA continues to provide assistance to disaster survivors and local governments affected by the flooding and its aftermath.

As winter approaches, FEMA’s main focus is to ensure that residents have a safe, warm place to stay. With housing resources limited in the Minot area, FEMA has brought in more than 2,000 mobile homes for eligible survivors to live in as they restore their homes or identify permanent housing. Work continues to get these units in place, and to move families in as soon as possible.

In addition to providing temporary living arrangements for survivors, we’re also working with Minot residents on winterization of flood damaged homes. Strong partnerships between FEMA and faith-based and community groups are critical as we continue to reach out to all survivors. These community groups are valuable partners before, during and after disasters as they support survivors and communities.

With more specifics on the steps Minot homeowners are taking and the role of faith-based and community organizations, here’s David Myers:

The “winterize-ing” that Robin is referring to is a process called “cut and muck” and “button up”. “Cut and muck” means removing the sludge and mud from the basements of damaged homes to minimize freezing during the winter months and cause stress on the home’s foundations. Many -- if not most – of the damaged homes cannot be repaired until spring; that’s where “button up” comes in. This means putting heaters and insulation in basements to prevent freezing and further damage to the structure.

During our visit to North Dakota, Robin and I met with leaders of the voluntary agency community, as well as local leaders from Minot. As with any disaster, the contributions of faith-based and community groups are having a tremendous impact. During the response phase, local National VOAD agencies, along with faith-based groups, stepped up to the many challenges: sheltering, mass feeding, working to ensure the safety of pets, and numerous other response-phase activities. Now these and other groups are taking on the tasks of long-term recovery. The response and recovery even went “international,” with Mennonite Disaster Service teams coming from Canada (beginning a two-year commitment to help), Christian Reform World Relief Committee, Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, and others.

Here’s some of their work in photos...


Minot, ND, October 13, 2011 -- FEMA Region VIII Administrator Robin Finegan and David Myers (center), Director of the DHS Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships, visit with National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster President Mickey Caison (left) during a meeting with volunteers from the Lutheran Social Services of North Dakota who are helping prepare or "button up" a flooded Minot home before winter. Finegan and Myers were in Minot meeting with faith-based groups and surveying the damage caused by June's Souris River flooding.


Minot, ND, October 12, 2011 -- FEMA Region VIII Administrator Robin Finegan visits with Dale, a Wisconsin-based volunteer helping the Lutheran Social Services of North Dakota clean and "muck out" a flooded Minot home. Finegan was in Minot meeting with faith-based groups and surveying the damage caused by June's Souris River flooding.


Minot, ND, October 12, 2011 -- David Myers, Director of the DHS Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships, addresses a Minot Community Organization Active in Disaster meeting about recovery efforts at Minot's Vincent United Methodist Church. Myers was in Minot meeting with faith-based groups and surveying the damage caused by June's Souris River flooding.


Minot, ND, October 13, 2011 -- David Myers, Director of the DHS Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships, stands by the steps and door front remains of a flooded Minot home as a Lutheran Social Services of North Dakota volunteer helps prepare or "button up" a home before winter. Myers was in Minot meeting with faith-based groups and surveying the damage caused by June's Souris River flooding.

(Accompanying Robin and David were National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (National VOAD) President, Mickey Caison; Erin Coryell, from the Margaret A. Cargill Foundation; Region VIII VAL, Art Storey; and others. Federal Coordinating Officer Deanne Criswell, joined the team, as well as staff members from the North Dakota Senators’ and Representative’s offices who participated in many of the meetings. Several members of the team also met with the Minot Area Community Foundation to discuss aspects of the recovery.)

Posted by Roberta Stempfley, Acting Assistant Secretary of Cybersecurity and Communications

Small businesses are critical to the country’s economic growth, job creation and product innovation. As businesses engage in global e-commerce, they need to know how to protect themselves, their employees, and their customers against an array of information security risks. During the final week of National Cyber Security Awareness Month 2011, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its partners from the public and private sector are highlighting cybersecurity resources available to small and medium-sized businesses to help protect against the increasing cybersecurity risks of theft, fraud and abuse.

Cybersecurity is a shared responsibility, and each of us has a role to play in making it safer, more secure and resilient. While the vast majority of the nation’s cyber infrastructure resides in private hands, the risks to national and economic security associated with the compromise or failure of these assets means that their protection requires a concerted public-private partnership.  Working closely with its federal partners, including the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Department is helping small and medium-sized businesses to develop cybersecurity plans to protect themselves, their employees and their customers.

A new survey, released by the National Cyber Security Alliance, found that 74 percent of small and medium businesses reported cyber attacks from 2009 to 2010, which cost an average of $190,000 per attack.  However, only 52 percent of surveyed businesses had a cybersecurity plan in place. Businesses can soon use the Small Biz Cyber Planner, recently unveiled by the FCC and DHS, to develop tailored cybersecurity plans to help protect against cyber crime. 

The federal government provides business owners and operators with access to valuable cyber risk assessment tools and programs to address cyber threats. In January 2010, DHS began working with the Department of Defense and the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) to share actionable cybersecurity threat information as well as recommended mitigations – with 14 financial sector firms.

Find out more about how to protect your business and employees by visiting our National Cyber Security Awareness Month page. To learn more about how to get involved in Awareness Month, please visit http://www.staysafeonline.org/ncsam.

Posted by Dr. Tara O'Toole, Under Secretary for Science and Technology

Ten years ago, five people were killed and seventeen others became ill when letters containing anthrax were delivered through the mail. These incidents caused panic, confusion, and an avalanche of reports about suspicious packages and speculation about bio-terror attacks. In the decade since, the federal government has made significant gains in the country’s ability to detect, respond to, and recover from a deliberate biological incident. The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has played an important role in these advancements in collaboration with with Federal agencies, national laboratories, state and local governments, first responders, the medical and public health communities and the private sector.

S&T has made significant progress in keeping the nation safe from biological threats through the development of technologies, technical tools, and standards to improve the nation’s biological detection, mitigation, and response capabilities. Specifically, we have focused on deepening our understanding of the biological agents, protecting agriculture, and developing ways to conduct forensic bioattack investigations.  We have also developed programs, such as BioWatch, which provide detection and early warning of a pathogen release, and standards, which enhance the capabilities of first responders and public health professionals.

In supporting first responders, S&T is leading the development of a strategy to build a mission capability for biothreats that is consistent with the National Strategy for CBRNE (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosives) Standards recently published by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. We have also crafted a standard field protocol for rapid resolution of suspicious powders as well as developing training curricula for first responders.

While challenges remain, these extensive efforts by DHS and its partners have resulted in a government and citizens considerably more prepared to respond to and recover from a biological attack.

Posted by Attorney General Eric Holder and Secretary Janet Napolitano

Keeping our nation safe from evolving terrorist threats requires strong partnerships at all levels. Nowhere are those partnerships more important than with our federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officers who work on the frontlines every day to keep our cities and communities safe.

These courageous men and women, who put their lives on the line to protect others, must have the tools, training, and resources they need to do their jobs safely and effectively.

This week at the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) General Assembly in Chicago, we each had an opportunity to reiterate our support for police officers and first responders across our country, many of whom are struggling to hire or retain personnel in the face of tough economic challenges.

As part of ongoing work to better understand and overcome current fiscal challenges, this week, the Justice Department's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) office released a new report on how the economic downturn has impacted police departments nationwide. According to the Department's research, we expect that, by the end of this year, nearly 12,000 police officers and sheriff's deputies will have been laid off. Already, law enforcement agencies nationwide currently have nearly 30,000 unfilled vacancies. And an estimated 28,000 more officers and deputies experienced week-long furloughs last year. In 25 years of collecting data, this is the first national decrease in law enforcement positions ever recorded.

There is great demand for existing federal fire fighter hiring funding.In FY10 alone there were $1.8 billion in applications for $420 million in SAFER funds.

Especially in these difficult economic times, the tough choices we are all facing should not come at the expense of public safety and national security. And, fortunately, they don't have to.

The American Jobs Act would provide $5 billion in assistance to states and local communities to create and save thousands of police and first responder jobs across the country. These funds would not only help to safeguard our national security and bolster public safety - they would strengthen our economy.

Passage of the American Jobs Act also would ensure that many of the critical partnerships we have established with local law enforcement can continue - and improve our ability to share information, to train frontline officers to recognize indicators of terrorism and crime, and to encouraging the public to be vigilant in reporting suspicious activity to appropriate authorities.

These steps provide a strong foundation for law enforcement at all levels to protect communities from terrorism and other threats. They also help us better understand the risks confronting the homeland while protecting the privacy rights and civil liberties of all Americans, and foster a strong relationship with the international community.

When it comes to advancing our public safety efforts, we simply can't afford to wait. We must take action now to combat the economic conditions that have affected - and, in some communities, devastated - law enforcement agencies nationwide. We urge Congress to pass the American Jobs Act so that we can protect the men and women on the frontlines who protect us and contribute to our nation's safety and security every day.

Posted by Secretary Napolitano

Around this time last year, I started to think about how to tell the story of homeland security to the public: the progress we’ve made, the new homeland security enterprise we’ve built, the evolving threats that remain, and the way we’ll surmount these as a nation.

I thought a good way to tell this story would be through a dialogue with students, faculty, and academic community members at colleges and universities around the country.

Now, almost ten months since we started, this “Campus Series” of events has been a great opportunity to discuss some of the most important homeland security issues we face, and to spread the word about our shared responsibility for keeping our nation safe and secure.

As I have said at each stop, homeland security begins with hometown security, and there’s a role for all of us to play.

Beginning with the inaugural State of America’s Homeland Security address in January, I have spoken at eight different campuses. I have addressed counterterrorism, border security, and cyber security. I have spoken about the importance of science and technology to our future security. And I have discussed the important role the public, and the private sector, must play.

Last night I had the honor of speaking at the Terry Sanford Lecture at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy. The lively discussion moderated by Duke professors David Shanzer and Noah Pickus covered each of these topics, and also gave me a chance to reiterate a theme running through all the Campus Series speeches: that the threats we face are not static.

They are evolving and changing, and we – as a Department and as a nation – must be evolving and changing even more quickly and thoughtfully.

A key part of our success will therefore be engaging and empowering a broader array of groups and individuals to play their role in the shared responsibility for our security. Likewise, we must also recruit the best and brightest to join DHS in fulfilling our critical security missions.

One of the best parts of this Campus Series has been meeting and interacting with students, young professionals, and up-and-coming leaders. They are our next generation of security experts and public servants. Their ideas and energy will be vital to addressing our biggest security challenges, and getting ahead of tomorrow’s threats.

For students, educators, and professionals in the homeland security field, I welcome you to read – and share – the full 2011 Campus Lecture Series, available on the DHS website.

Posted by Cecilia Muñoz, Director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs

This blog post is cross posted from the White House Domestic Policy Council blog.

This week, I had the pleasure to share remarks with an auditorium full of immigration professionals as they prepared to spend their day identifying ways to continue improving citizenship and immigration services provided in our nation.

As part of its increased effort to provide a forum for government and non-government stakeholders to collaborate on sometimes challenging issues, the Department of Homeland Security's Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman (Ombudsman’s Office) hosted its First Annual Conference on October 22^nd at the U.S. National Archives, a fitting location given that it is home to millions of U.S. immigration records and information.

This full-day conference facilitated dialogue between multiple federal agencies, leaders from national and community-based organizations, and over 300 government and stakeholder participants on pressing immigration services issues spanning humanitarian, employment, and family programs.

As an Administration, we are committed to doing the best possible job of administering the law and providing information and services to the people we come into contact with.   We also know that the best way to do this well is to stay in constant contact with constituents and stakeholders who can tell us frankly what’s going well and what isn’t.  The Ombudsman’s Office seeks to learn from individuals’ experiences with a federal agency – the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services – that interacts greatly with the public so that we can improve the way that they carry out their day-to-day activities. At stake is something very fundamental: the relationship between the government and the people it serves.   In preparing for the conference, I thought back to my very first memory of an interaction with the government, it was when I was very young and accompanied my mother to take her fingerprints before becoming a citizen.  It made an enormous impression on me in many ways, including my commitment to public service.  That experience is what this agency delivers, and how we do it matters.

The Ombudsman’s Office Annual Conference is one result of an increased focus by this Administration over the last two years to facilitate solution-oriented dialogue across federal agencies with stakeholders and members of the public.  USCIS has also engaged in an unprecedented amount of outreach to a variety of stakeholders that interact with their agency, through their Office of Public Engagement, which was created at the start of the Obama Administration.

Ombudsman January Contreras noted:  "What makes our work in this conference particularly valuable is that we have gathered, from across the Federal Government and non-profit and private sectors, as immigration professionals who share the same goal of continuing to improve immigration services."

Participants included federal representatives from the Department of Homeland Security's Ombudsman's Office, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Customs and Border Protection, the Department of Justice, and the Department of State.  They had thoughtful substantive discussions that will contribute mightily to the work of USCIS, and ultimately to their impact on the people we all serve.

Cecilia Muñoz is Director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs. 

Posted by Douglas A. Smith, Assistant Secretary for the Private Sector

Every day we are reminded of the importance of making the Internet safer and more secure. This is a shared responsibility, and each of us has a role to play. Emerging cyber threats require the engagement of the entire society—from the federal government and Fortune 500 Companies to the corner store. Cyberspace supports everything from the systems that keep the lights on to the networks that process credit card transactions. That’s why a safe and secure cyberspace is important to businesses of all sizes.

In support of Cyber Security Awareness Month, and in collaboration with the Detroit Regional Chamber and the Booker T. Washington Business, I recently visited Detroit to meet with local business owners and discuss how small businesses can protect themselves from cyber threats.

Assistant Secretary Smith (center) with William R. Ross, President Booker T. Washington Business Association and Sandy K. Baruah, President and Chief Executive Officer, Detroit Regional Chamber

Many ask how companies with limited resources can combat cyber crime. The Department of Homeland Security has released a number of reports and recommendations for businesses that include guidelines and frameworks for securing critical networks. While working toward greater cyber resilience can be challenging, there are also simple and free steps that every company should take to inform employees of safe online practices. These include:

• Restrict access to personal information of employees and customers to prevent identity theft.
• Be suspicious of unsolicited contact from individuals seeking internal organizational data or personal information. Verify a request’s authenticity by contacting the requesting entity or company directly.
• Immediately report any suspect data or security breaches to your supervisor and/or authorities.

While no one is immune from cyber attacks, businesses of all sizes can and should take steps to protect themselves. To find more information on some of the simple steps businesses can take to guard themselves against cybercrimes and attacks, visit http://www.dhs.gov/files/events/stop-think-connect-get-informed.shtm.

Posted by Under Secretary Rand Beers, National Protection & Programs Directorate

Weatherford will start in mid-November.  Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Cybersecurity Greg Schaffer, who has served in that role for the last five months and used his many talents and skills to help build our cybersecurity capabilities and strengthen our partnerships with the private sector, will return to his position as Assistant Secretary for Cybersecurity and Communications (CS&C).  Bobbie Stempfley, who has stepped up to lead CS&C in Greg's absence, will return to her role as Deputy Assistant Secretary for CS&C. 

Posted by A. T. Smith, Assistant Director for Investigations, United States Secret Service

Today, I joined Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano and National Protection and Programs Directorate Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Cybersecurty Greg Schaffer at NASDAQ MarketSite in New York to meet with cybersecurity partners from law enforcement and the private sector to discuss efforts to combat cyber crime.  As we’ve discussed throughout National Cyber Security Awareness Month, Internet safety is a shared responsibility and each of us has a role to play.

While our mission to protect the President of the United States and other officials is well-known, the Secret Service also has an important investigative mission to help secure our nation’s financial infrastructure. We are responsible for combating counterfeit currency as well as protecting America’s financial systems, together with our partners from federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies, the private sector and academia.

Today’s modern world is more interconnected than ever before. Yet, for all its advantages, increased connectivity brings increased risk of theft, fraud, and abuse. The Secret Service employs a number of tools to complete its mission including:

• Electronic Crimes Task Forces (ECTFs), including two international task forces, which focuses on identifying and locating international cyber criminals connected to cyber intrusions, bank fraud, data breaches, and other computer-related crimes.
• The Cyber Intelligence Section (CIS), which has directly contributed to the arrest of  transnational cyber criminals, responsible for the theft of hundreds of millions of credit card numbers and the loss of approximately $600 million to financial and retail institutions.
• The National Computer Forensic Institute (NCFI) in Hoover, Alabama that provides law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and judges with cyber training and information to combat cyber crime.  To date, more than 600 state and local law enforcement officials, 200 prosecutors, and dozens of judges representing more than 300 agencies throughout the country have been trained by the Secret Service at the NCFI.

The Secret Service is also working with our partners across DHS to leverage capabilities at the Department and across the cyber response community. DHS hosts classified cyber intelligence briefings to cleared members of the Financial Services Sector on strategies, trends and tactics of cyber criminals, as well as providing mitigation and implementation recommendations to ensure a proper network defense from evolving cyber threats.  In addition, the Secret Service works with the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) by way of the Department’s 24-hour watching and warning National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center. 

Emerging cyber threats require the engagement of the entire society.  While no one is immune from cyber attacks, businesses of all sizes can and should take steps to protect themselves. To find more information on some of the simple steps businesses can take to guard themselves against cybercrimes and attacks, visit the Stop.Think.Connect. Campaign website.

Learn more about our efforts at http://www.secretservice.gov/

Posted by Doug Maughan, Director, Cyber Security Division, DHS Science & Technology Directorate

Throughout Cybersecurity Awareness Month, we have discussed the importance of making the Internet safer and more secure. This is a shared responsibility, and each of us has a role to play. Emerging cyber threats require the engagement of the entire society—from government and law enforcement to the private sector and most importantly, members of the public. Last week, the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) received two awards for work in strengthening our nation’s cybersecurity posture.

We received a National Cybersecurity Innovation Award at the Sans Institute’s Second Annual National Cybersecurity Innovation Conference for our Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) project , which protects the public by ensuring that websites visited are the real deal and not imposters. Phony websites steal users’ log-in names, passwords, and even money, from thousands of innocent Internet users every year. S&T’s Cyber Security Division (CSD) was recognized for its innovation in promoting research that “pays off” by focusing on work that can result in real products and real risk reduction. Moreover, the award noted that the CSD’s approach has forced the R&D community to think beyond the theoretical to consider a more practical horizon.

DHS S&T also received the Open Source for America (OSFA) 2011 Government Deployment Open Source Award for the Homeland Open Security Technology (HOST) project , which brings together technology leaders from across government and developing advanced open source security solutions that address their prioritized gaps. This award recognize projects and people that educate decision makers in the federal government about the advantages of using free and open-source software and encourage federal agencies to give equal priority to procuring free and open-source software in all of their procurement decisions. The development of the open source intrusion detection system, Suricata, was sponsored through this project and is now being sustainably maintained by industry through a non-profit foundation.

The DHS Science & Technology Directorate is leading efforts to develop and deploy more secure internet protocols that protect consumers and industry internet users. As evidenced by these awards, the Department is making significant strides to enhance the security of the nation’s critical physical infrastructure as well as its cyber infrastructure and networks.

• The Secretary's Honors Program for Cybersecurity Professionals, a two-year program that allows cyber professionals to participate in rotational assignments at various DHS component agencies to learn how each addresses cyber-related issues unique to their specific mission
• The Emerging Leaders in Cybersecurity Fellowship program, a recruiting effort to encourage students from the nation's top graduate programs to pursue careers in public service
• The Cybersecurity Internship Program, designed to give current students an opportunity to work alongside cyber leaders at the DHS
• Certification of more than 125 institutions nationwide as National Centers for Academic Excellence to teach students valuable technical skills in various disciplines of Information Assurance

Posted by Public Affairs



Test scientists at Savannah River National Laboratory set up equipment to detect radiation sources for the ITRAP+10 evaluations


Throughout 2011 and 2012, nearly one hundred instruments—provided by manufacturers—will be tested in Europe and in the United States at SRNL, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). For more information about nuclear detection equipment testing and performance, click here.

Posted by Public Affairs

Secretary Napolitano traveled to New Haven, Conn. today to participate in a town hall discussion with students and faculty at Yale University, hosted by the Jackson Institute of Global Affairs. During her remarks, Secretary Napolitano highlighted the Department’s collaboration with international partners to ensure our nation’s aviation security and the safety and resiliency of the global supply chain, while facilitating legitimate trade and travel.

After the attempted Christmas Day plot in 2009, the Department worked with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and countries around the world, on a global initiative to strengthen the international aviation system to protect against evolving terrorist threats.

This effort culminated last year with the adoption by 190 countries of a historic Declaration on Aviation Security at the ICAO Triennial Assembly, which laid a new foundation for a global aviation security system.

The Department is also actively engaged with international partners on multiple fronts to address transnational crime, human trafficking and smuggling, cybersecurity, and efforts to secure our nation’s borders and ports.

Posted by John. S. Pistole, TSA Administrator


Starting today at select checkpoints in four airports, TSA will begin testing “Pre✓,” another key component in our move toward a more risk-based, intelligence-driven approach to security. This limited pilot will help TSA evaluate measures designed to enhance security by placing more focus on pre-screening individuals prior to flying in order to expedite their travel experience.

Posted by Deputy Secretary Jane Holl Lute

Today’s modern world is more interconnected than ever before. Everything from online shopping to social networking to providing basic utilities requires the reliability and security of the Internet.

While increased interconnectivity has plenty of advantages, it has also increased the risk of theft, fraud, and abuse to individuals, businesses, communities, and governments.  That’s why cybersecurity is a shared responsibility, and each of us has a role to play. Emerging cyber threats require the engagement of our entire society including government and law enforcement, the private sector, and members of the public. 

Today, President Obama issued a presidential proclamation announcing the eighth annual National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM), which has been recognized by state and local governments, as well as industry and academia.  Every October, we take the opportunity to engage public and private sector stakeholders, as well as the general public, to promote a safe, secure, and resilient cyber environment. 

This month is also the first anniversary of the Department’s Stop.Think.Connect.™ Campaign, an ongoing national public awareness effort to engage and challenge Americans to join practice and promote safe online practices.

Individuals and business can follow a few simple steps to keep themselves, their identities, and information safe online:

• Set strong passwords, and don’t share them with anyone.
• Keep your operating system, browser, and other critical software optimized by installing updates.
• Maintain an open dialogue with your children about Internet safety.
• Limit the amount of personal information you post online and use privacy settings to avoid sharing information widely.
• Be cautious about what you receive or read online – if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

Throughout the month of October and beyond, we invite you to join us in creating a safe, secure and resilient cyberspace.