After months of preparing materials and updating content, the National Cyber Security Alliance is excited to announce our site portal launch for National Cyber Security Awareness Month 2010! What are you doing to educate your students, co-workers, employees, friends and family?

In recent weeks, unfair SLAPP lawsuits – in which businesses sue individuals for posting critical comments on consumer review websites – have taken center stage. The latest news is that one woman is being sued by a local Chicago concrete company for complaining

After a year of meetings and deliberations the Online Safety and Technology Working Group sent to Congress the report Youth Safety on a Living Internet: Report of the Online Safety and Technology Working Group. Representing NCSA, I served on the working group and the subcommittee on education. As background, the OSTWG was established by the Broadband Data Improvement Act

An astounding 70% (2008 survey by Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates) of US consumers consult reviews or consumer ratings before making purchases. Whether you’re buying a new digital camera, finding a new dentist, or researching an online pharmacy, user reviews can be a powerful tool to make better choices about which products and services to buy and from whom. However, reviews also have pitfalls. Below are four tips to safely and effectively use online reviews.

This week Michael Kaiser, NCSA's Executive Director will be speaking at an InfraGard event. If you don't know about InfraGard, you should. Infraguard is a partnership between the FBI and the private sector Infraguard is an association of businesses, academic institutions, state and local law enforcement agencies, and other participants dedicated to sharing information and intelligence to prevent hostile acts against the United States. 

Michael will be presenting on critical infrastructure and other cybersecurity issues.

SSO (stay safe online),

Michael