Street smart rules can keep us safe because they encourage a mindset of healthy caution, especially as we enter our adult lives. But many of us received little-to-no education about online safety. As our world becomes more connected and moves online, we encounter serious cyber threats more frequently.

On April 17, the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) partnered with Nasdaq to host its spring Cybersecurity Summit at the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square. Experts from industry, government and the nonprofit sector convened to highlight overlooked approaches – from adapting response plans to building communications protocols – in order to reduce uncertainty and recover beyond IT.

When you are sprucing up your home this spring, the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) and the Better Business Bureau (BBB) encourage everyone take a few minutes to tend to your digital life and safeguard your personal information with these Take-Action Tips.

Learn how to help keep your business secure with this newsletter. This month, we’re highlighting upcoming webinars and workshops, 7 mobile security threats you should be aware of, the new NIST Small Business Cybersecurity Corner and more. 

Given the speed at which the cybersecurity landscape evolves, the last thing you want in your organization is dead security technologies or unused security investments – yet, that’s exactly how many businesses end up. Here’s how your business can avoid making the same mistake.

Alongside the gift of technological convenience come cyber threats. Ask any member of the information technology community and you will hear countless stories of spikes in data breaches in recent years. These global, digital attacks have forced homes and companies to increase vigilance when it comes to cybersecurity and their activities online.

There are several variations of the modern tech support scam. Whereas the common denominator always boils down to manipulation, the specific mechanisms of achieving this objective may vary and allow security analysts to single out three main tactics of these scammers.

We take a look at some of the most common ways that cyber criminals can utilize physical attacks against your company, as well as some of the tactics and techniques that you can use to defend organization against them.

CyberSecure My Business™ is a comprehensive national program led by the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) to help businesses of all sizes learn to be safer and more secure online. Each month we share the latest cybersecurity resources, news and events taking place to help small businesses.