The Wes Anderson-flavored PSA focuses on a family and a small business, illustrating how they adopt cybersecurity practices in their daily lives. “These stories remind us who we’re empowering to secure our world,” said Alaina Clark, CISA’s assistant director for stakeholder engagement, who led the development of the “Secure Our World” campaign.
The nationwide public awareness campaign spotlights the four key focuses promoted during the 20th annual Cybersecurity Awareness Month this October:
- Use strong passwords.
- Turn on multifactor authentication.
- Recognize and report phishing.
- Update software regularly.
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The campaign — which will continue beyond Cybersecurity Awareness Month — recognizes the interconnectedness of today’s world, where 7 billion people rely on cellphones, 230 million emails are sent every minute and 360 million people use dating apps, Easterly said.
“It’s critical that every one of us take responsibility for keeping ourselves safe online,” she said. “It’s the obligation of every digital citizen.”
Ron Green, the chief security officer at Mastercard, one of the campaign partners, illustrated the need for those tools with the story of how his young son unwittingly gave up sensitive financial information to a scammer in a gaming chat.
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