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Initiatives
1101 Connecticut Ave, Suite 450, Washington DC 20036.
© 2025
Copyright. Stay Safe Online, NCA. All Rights Reserved.
Resources
Initiatives
1101 Connecticut Ave, Suite 450, Washington DC 20036.
© 2025
Copyright. Stay Safe Online, NCA. All Rights Reserved.
Your Guide to Online Safety
You have the power to stay safe online! Use our massive collection of resources to learn how to take control of your online life and find peace of mind in our interconnected world. We have hundreds of articles, videos, infographics, and more for you to learn from and share. Use our materials to raise awareness at home, work, school, or anywhere in your community!
How to Make Cybersecurity Training Accessible
Does your training program reach all employees in your organization?
What to Do if Your Business Facebook Is Hacked
There has been an uptick in cybercriminals attempting to target small businesses' Facebook profiles and ad accounts.
How to Improve Your Cyber Resilience
We often think of cybersecurity in terms of our physical health—we talk about computer viruses and cyber hygiene. Cyber resilience is another way to think about your online fitness.
Identity Management? Zero Trust? PIM? Succeed by Getting the Basics Right.
In today’s rapidly evolving online landscape, terms like zero trust, PIM (or Privileged Identity Management), and a series of other acronyms can leave the average person scratching their head.
Churning the Digital Waters: Insights from the 2023 Gone Phishing Tournament
Even as our online worlds become more complex, phishing schemes remain the most common type of cybercrime, according to the FBI.
Mandate MFA: Take a Bold Step Toward a Secure Future
Making online platforms, services, and devices more secure by default is a good idea. But is it easy? Is it popular?
8 Biggest Small Business Cybersecurity Misconceptions
Small businesses are crucial to the American economy, employing nearly half of the workforce, yet they remain prime targets for cyberattacks.
No Weak Links: Think About Your Human Firewall
When it comes to fostering a culture of cybersecurity at your organization, sometimes it's best to start with creating awareness of some basic behavior changes.
Business Email Compromise: What It Is and How to Prevent It
While it has a bland name, Business Email Compromise (BEC) refers to a specific, nasty type of cyberattack that targets businesses of all sizes.
Consider Cybersecurity in Your Investment Decisions
As cyberattacks become increasingly frequent and sophisticated, investors have a crucial role in urging companies to prioritize cybersecurity alongside other risk factors.
Securing Success: Talking to the Board About Cyber Risk
Cyber risk across all business levels influences operations, reputation, and compliance.
How Cyber Education for Employees Safeguards Your Business
Training employees is the cheapest, easiest way to boost your cybersecurity. Your employees are your first line of defense against as threats, and they are also your greatest asset.
The City Secure: Cyber Tips for Local Governments
City governments operate in an increasingly connected world where city services, constituent services, and information sharing are online, digital, and shared on many platforms.
Keep Your Business Safe and Connected With IoT
We're living in an era when everything connects to the internet, from your fridge to your car.
How to Prevent and Recover from Ransomware
Ransomware is a hack with teeth, an attack aimed to cause extreme financial pain to its victims.
Sell Safe Online: Advice for Online Retailers
Be open for business and closed to cybercriminals.
Common Cybersecurity Misconceptions Held By Small and Medium-Sized Organizations
Employees empowered with the resources and knowledge to protect your organization from cyberthreats is one of the best lines of defense you can have.
Detect Incidents
How to detect a cyber incident in your business.
Small Business Quick Wins
Follow these "quick wins" to secure every aspect of your small business.
4 Simple Steps to Better Protect Your Company from Cyberattacks
Cyberattacks can happen to companies of all sizes.
Advancing Collective Risk Management Efforts in the Financial Sector
The protection of our clients and customers from cyber threats is a foundational part of our business.
The Security Culture Connection
Have you noticed the phrase “security culture” being used a lot recently? It’s become a bit of a security phrase de jour. That’s both a good thing and a bad thing.
6 Ways to Help Employees be Privacy Aware
Promote awareness about privacy, safeguard data and enable trust throughout the workplace with these tips.
Cybersecurity awareness starts with people: Microsoft helps you and your team to #BeCyberSmart
Vasu Jakkal, CVP at Microsoft, emphasizes the importance of cybersecurity education for individuals and organizations.
Cybersecurity collaboration as a national imperative
Bobbie Stempfley emphasizes the urgent need for a collaborative cybersecurity ecosystem to effectively combat the increasing frequency and severity of cyberattacks
Building a Security Culture: The Foundation of a Secure Organization
Creating strong cybersecurity defenses for any organization requires a lot of important elements. Everyone knows a strong firewall is an essential first line of defense.
Making Cybersecurity Relevant for Consumers: The Case for Personal Agency
As Cybersecurity Awareness Month kicks off, one of the questions we often hear is “does consumer education really make a difference?”
Identity Management and the Second Half of the Chessboard
Ray Kurzweil's concept of the "second half of the chessboard" illustrates how exponential growth in technology and data management can lead to significant economic impacts and inefficiencies if not effectively managed.
9 Security Questions Business Owners Must Ask Vendors
No matter the nature or size of your company, you need to think about cybersecurity in our connected present. This doesn't just mean your own operation's cybersecurity, but the security of every vendor you do business with.
Cybersecurity: 3 Things Every Small Business Owner Should Know
Cyber attacks can be devastating, and they are increasingly common for small to mid-sized businesses.
Covid-19 Cybersecurity Resources for Small Businesses
To respond to the global pandemic and deliver timely information and resources to the nation’s small business community, the National Cybersecurity Alliance’s CyberSecure My Business program created the COVID-19 Small Business Cybersecurity Series.
Identify Your “Crown Jewels”
Take an inventory of your business's most valuable assets.
Protect Data and Devices
Secure the "crown jewels" of your business.
Recover From Cyber Incidents
How to help your business recover from a cyber incident.
Respond to Cyber Incidents
Do you have a plan in place to respond to cyber incidents at your business?
Cybersecurity, It's More Than IT
As our lives become more digital, the risk of cybercrime grows, making strong cybersecurity measures essential not only for data protection but also for safeguarding customer information.
Did You Notice a Shift in Attitudes Towards Awareness Training at This Year's NCA Conference?
Mike Polatsek, Co-founder and CSO at CybeReady, reflects on Convene: Florida.
Top 10 Security Issues in Enterprise Cloud Computing
As a CISO, you know the list of security issues in enterprise cloud computing seems to always be growing.
Human Challenges in Implementing Multifactor Authentication (MFA)
How to implement an effective MFA program in your business.
How Smart Card Technology Uses Network Security
The concept of network security has been in existence for decades. With organizations using more sensitive information, the need to create policies that would limit access and control of a network has increased.
As an Employee or a Business Owner, You Need to Be Cyber Aware and Resilient
As our world becomes increasingly connected, it’s more important than ever to be cyber aware. There’s no question, cyber attacks are evolving in sophistication and attackers are broadening the entities they’re willing to target.
The Top Cybersecurity Trends for 2022
Here are the top three cybersecurity trends we think are worth watching as we approach 2022
5 Cybersecurity Trends in 2021
As remote work becomes the norm post-COVID-19, the cybersecurity landscape is evolving rapidly, presenting new threats and necessitating a reassessment of strategies to protect organizations from increasingly sophisticated attacks.
The Impact of Data Breaches and Cyberattacks on SMBs and Their Employees
It is always important for businesses to ensure their employees work securely, both at the office and home, as threat actors continually look for ways to attack.
How to Run a Virtual Cybersecurity Awareness Month Campaign
Engage your employees online during Cybersecurity Awareness Month.
How Your IT System Could Be at Risk from a Physical Attack
Don't overlook the physical risks to your IT system.
You’ve Been Hacked: 5 Ways to Minimize the Damage
Getting hacked is a nightmare scenario for every business. Fifty percent of small businesses in the U.S. have experienced a cyberattack. And this fact is not surprising – most small businesses lack the advanced security resources and technology that large enterprises can afford.
How to Protect Your Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Data from Hackers
CRM systems are some of the most useful assets for an organization, enabling businesses to build meaningful customer relationships, find new prospective customers and drive revenues.
Key Ways to Protect Your Business From Malware
Cyberattacks are a serious threat to businesses and consumers, with large-scale attacks having nationwide effects, thus making national security a serious concern.
What Happens When Cyberbullies Join the Workforce?
Cyberbullying has been stereotyped in the media as a problem that occurs with teenagers, cell phones, sexualized photographs and social media.
How to Make Cybersecurity Training Accessible
Does your training program reach all employees in your organization?
What to Do if Your Business Facebook Is Hacked
There has been an uptick in cybercriminals attempting to target small businesses' Facebook profiles and ad accounts.
How to Improve Your Cyber Resilience
We often think of cybersecurity in terms of our physical health—we talk about computer viruses and cyber hygiene. Cyber resilience is another way to think about your online fitness.
Identity Management? Zero Trust? PIM? Succeed by Getting the Basics Right.
In today’s rapidly evolving online landscape, terms like zero trust, PIM (or Privileged Identity Management), and a series of other acronyms can leave the average person scratching their head.
Churning the Digital Waters: Insights from the 2023 Gone Phishing Tournament
Even as our online worlds become more complex, phishing schemes remain the most common type of cybercrime, according to the FBI.
Mandate MFA: Take a Bold Step Toward a Secure Future
Making online platforms, services, and devices more secure by default is a good idea. But is it easy? Is it popular?
8 Biggest Small Business Cybersecurity Misconceptions
Small businesses are crucial to the American economy, employing nearly half of the workforce, yet they remain prime targets for cyberattacks.
No Weak Links: Think About Your Human Firewall
When it comes to fostering a culture of cybersecurity at your organization, sometimes it's best to start with creating awareness of some basic behavior changes.
Business Email Compromise: What It Is and How to Prevent It
While it has a bland name, Business Email Compromise (BEC) refers to a specific, nasty type of cyberattack that targets businesses of all sizes.
Consider Cybersecurity in Your Investment Decisions
As cyberattacks become increasingly frequent and sophisticated, investors have a crucial role in urging companies to prioritize cybersecurity alongside other risk factors.
Securing Success: Talking to the Board About Cyber Risk
Cyber risk across all business levels influences operations, reputation, and compliance.
How Cyber Education for Employees Safeguards Your Business
Training employees is the cheapest, easiest way to boost your cybersecurity. Your employees are your first line of defense against as threats, and they are also your greatest asset.
The City Secure: Cyber Tips for Local Governments
City governments operate in an increasingly connected world where city services, constituent services, and information sharing are online, digital, and shared on many platforms.
Keep Your Business Safe and Connected With IoT
We're living in an era when everything connects to the internet, from your fridge to your car.
How to Prevent and Recover from Ransomware
Ransomware is a hack with teeth, an attack aimed to cause extreme financial pain to its victims.
Sell Safe Online: Advice for Online Retailers
Be open for business and closed to cybercriminals.
Common Cybersecurity Misconceptions Held By Small and Medium-Sized Organizations
Employees empowered with the resources and knowledge to protect your organization from cyberthreats is one of the best lines of defense you can have.
Detect Incidents
How to detect a cyber incident in your business.
Small Business Quick Wins
Follow these "quick wins" to secure every aspect of your small business.
4 Simple Steps to Better Protect Your Company from Cyberattacks
Cyberattacks can happen to companies of all sizes.
Advancing Collective Risk Management Efforts in the Financial Sector
The protection of our clients and customers from cyber threats is a foundational part of our business.
The Security Culture Connection
Have you noticed the phrase “security culture” being used a lot recently? It’s become a bit of a security phrase de jour. That’s both a good thing and a bad thing.
6 Ways to Help Employees be Privacy Aware
Promote awareness about privacy, safeguard data and enable trust throughout the workplace with these tips.
Cybersecurity awareness starts with people: Microsoft helps you and your team to #BeCyberSmart
Vasu Jakkal, CVP at Microsoft, emphasizes the importance of cybersecurity education for individuals and organizations.
Cybersecurity collaboration as a national imperative
Bobbie Stempfley emphasizes the urgent need for a collaborative cybersecurity ecosystem to effectively combat the increasing frequency and severity of cyberattacks
Building a Security Culture: The Foundation of a Secure Organization
Creating strong cybersecurity defenses for any organization requires a lot of important elements. Everyone knows a strong firewall is an essential first line of defense.
Making Cybersecurity Relevant for Consumers: The Case for Personal Agency
As Cybersecurity Awareness Month kicks off, one of the questions we often hear is “does consumer education really make a difference?”
Identity Management and the Second Half of the Chessboard
Ray Kurzweil's concept of the "second half of the chessboard" illustrates how exponential growth in technology and data management can lead to significant economic impacts and inefficiencies if not effectively managed.
9 Security Questions Business Owners Must Ask Vendors
No matter the nature or size of your company, you need to think about cybersecurity in our connected present. This doesn't just mean your own operation's cybersecurity, but the security of every vendor you do business with.
Cybersecurity: 3 Things Every Small Business Owner Should Know
Cyber attacks can be devastating, and they are increasingly common for small to mid-sized businesses.
Covid-19 Cybersecurity Resources for Small Businesses
To respond to the global pandemic and deliver timely information and resources to the nation’s small business community, the National Cybersecurity Alliance’s CyberSecure My Business program created the COVID-19 Small Business Cybersecurity Series.
Identify Your “Crown Jewels”
Take an inventory of your business's most valuable assets.
Protect Data and Devices
Secure the "crown jewels" of your business.
Recover From Cyber Incidents
How to help your business recover from a cyber incident.
Respond to Cyber Incidents
Do you have a plan in place to respond to cyber incidents at your business?
Cybersecurity, It's More Than IT
As our lives become more digital, the risk of cybercrime grows, making strong cybersecurity measures essential not only for data protection but also for safeguarding customer information.
Did You Notice a Shift in Attitudes Towards Awareness Training at This Year's NCA Conference?
Mike Polatsek, Co-founder and CSO at CybeReady, reflects on Convene: Florida.
Top 10 Security Issues in Enterprise Cloud Computing
As a CISO, you know the list of security issues in enterprise cloud computing seems to always be growing.
Human Challenges in Implementing Multifactor Authentication (MFA)
How to implement an effective MFA program in your business.
How Smart Card Technology Uses Network Security
The concept of network security has been in existence for decades. With organizations using more sensitive information, the need to create policies that would limit access and control of a network has increased.
As an Employee or a Business Owner, You Need to Be Cyber Aware and Resilient
As our world becomes increasingly connected, it’s more important than ever to be cyber aware. There’s no question, cyber attacks are evolving in sophistication and attackers are broadening the entities they’re willing to target.
The Top Cybersecurity Trends for 2022
Here are the top three cybersecurity trends we think are worth watching as we approach 2022
5 Cybersecurity Trends in 2021
As remote work becomes the norm post-COVID-19, the cybersecurity landscape is evolving rapidly, presenting new threats and necessitating a reassessment of strategies to protect organizations from increasingly sophisticated attacks.
The Impact of Data Breaches and Cyberattacks on SMBs and Their Employees
It is always important for businesses to ensure their employees work securely, both at the office and home, as threat actors continually look for ways to attack.
How to Run a Virtual Cybersecurity Awareness Month Campaign
Engage your employees online during Cybersecurity Awareness Month.
How Your IT System Could Be at Risk from a Physical Attack
Don't overlook the physical risks to your IT system.
You’ve Been Hacked: 5 Ways to Minimize the Damage
Getting hacked is a nightmare scenario for every business. Fifty percent of small businesses in the U.S. have experienced a cyberattack. And this fact is not surprising – most small businesses lack the advanced security resources and technology that large enterprises can afford.
How to Protect Your Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Data from Hackers
CRM systems are some of the most useful assets for an organization, enabling businesses to build meaningful customer relationships, find new prospective customers and drive revenues.
Key Ways to Protect Your Business From Malware
Cyberattacks are a serious threat to businesses and consumers, with large-scale attacks having nationwide effects, thus making national security a serious concern.
What Happens When Cyberbullies Join the Workforce?
Cyberbullying has been stereotyped in the media as a problem that occurs with teenagers, cell phones, sexualized photographs and social media.
How to Make Cybersecurity Training Accessible
Does your training program reach all employees in your organization?
What to Do if Your Business Facebook Is Hacked
There has been an uptick in cybercriminals attempting to target small businesses' Facebook profiles and ad accounts.
How to Improve Your Cyber Resilience
We often think of cybersecurity in terms of our physical health—we talk about computer viruses and cyber hygiene. Cyber resilience is another way to think about your online fitness.
Identity Management? Zero Trust? PIM? Succeed by Getting the Basics Right.
In today’s rapidly evolving online landscape, terms like zero trust, PIM (or Privileged Identity Management), and a series of other acronyms can leave the average person scratching their head.
Churning the Digital Waters: Insights from the 2023 Gone Phishing Tournament
Even as our online worlds become more complex, phishing schemes remain the most common type of cybercrime, according to the FBI.
Mandate MFA: Take a Bold Step Toward a Secure Future
Making online platforms, services, and devices more secure by default is a good idea. But is it easy? Is it popular?
8 Biggest Small Business Cybersecurity Misconceptions
Small businesses are crucial to the American economy, employing nearly half of the workforce, yet they remain prime targets for cyberattacks.
No Weak Links: Think About Your Human Firewall
When it comes to fostering a culture of cybersecurity at your organization, sometimes it's best to start with creating awareness of some basic behavior changes.
Business Email Compromise: What It Is and How to Prevent It
While it has a bland name, Business Email Compromise (BEC) refers to a specific, nasty type of cyberattack that targets businesses of all sizes.
Consider Cybersecurity in Your Investment Decisions
As cyberattacks become increasingly frequent and sophisticated, investors have a crucial role in urging companies to prioritize cybersecurity alongside other risk factors.
Securing Success: Talking to the Board About Cyber Risk
Cyber risk across all business levels influences operations, reputation, and compliance.
How Cyber Education for Employees Safeguards Your Business
Training employees is the cheapest, easiest way to boost your cybersecurity. Your employees are your first line of defense against as threats, and they are also your greatest asset.
The City Secure: Cyber Tips for Local Governments
City governments operate in an increasingly connected world where city services, constituent services, and information sharing are online, digital, and shared on many platforms.
Keep Your Business Safe and Connected With IoT
We're living in an era when everything connects to the internet, from your fridge to your car.
How to Prevent and Recover from Ransomware
Ransomware is a hack with teeth, an attack aimed to cause extreme financial pain to its victims.
Sell Safe Online: Advice for Online Retailers
Be open for business and closed to cybercriminals.
Common Cybersecurity Misconceptions Held By Small and Medium-Sized Organizations
Employees empowered with the resources and knowledge to protect your organization from cyberthreats is one of the best lines of defense you can have.
Detect Incidents
How to detect a cyber incident in your business.
Small Business Quick Wins
Follow these "quick wins" to secure every aspect of your small business.
4 Simple Steps to Better Protect Your Company from Cyberattacks
Cyberattacks can happen to companies of all sizes.
Advancing Collective Risk Management Efforts in the Financial Sector
The protection of our clients and customers from cyber threats is a foundational part of our business.
The Security Culture Connection
Have you noticed the phrase “security culture” being used a lot recently? It’s become a bit of a security phrase de jour. That’s both a good thing and a bad thing.
6 Ways to Help Employees be Privacy Aware
Promote awareness about privacy, safeguard data and enable trust throughout the workplace with these tips.
Cybersecurity awareness starts with people: Microsoft helps you and your team to #BeCyberSmart
Vasu Jakkal, CVP at Microsoft, emphasizes the importance of cybersecurity education for individuals and organizations.
Cybersecurity collaboration as a national imperative
Bobbie Stempfley emphasizes the urgent need for a collaborative cybersecurity ecosystem to effectively combat the increasing frequency and severity of cyberattacks
Building a Security Culture: The Foundation of a Secure Organization
Creating strong cybersecurity defenses for any organization requires a lot of important elements. Everyone knows a strong firewall is an essential first line of defense.
Making Cybersecurity Relevant for Consumers: The Case for Personal Agency
As Cybersecurity Awareness Month kicks off, one of the questions we often hear is “does consumer education really make a difference?”
Identity Management and the Second Half of the Chessboard
Ray Kurzweil's concept of the "second half of the chessboard" illustrates how exponential growth in technology and data management can lead to significant economic impacts and inefficiencies if not effectively managed.
9 Security Questions Business Owners Must Ask Vendors
No matter the nature or size of your company, you need to think about cybersecurity in our connected present. This doesn't just mean your own operation's cybersecurity, but the security of every vendor you do business with.
Cybersecurity: 3 Things Every Small Business Owner Should Know
Cyber attacks can be devastating, and they are increasingly common for small to mid-sized businesses.
Covid-19 Cybersecurity Resources for Small Businesses
To respond to the global pandemic and deliver timely information and resources to the nation’s small business community, the National Cybersecurity Alliance’s CyberSecure My Business program created the COVID-19 Small Business Cybersecurity Series.
Identify Your “Crown Jewels”
Take an inventory of your business's most valuable assets.
Protect Data and Devices
Secure the "crown jewels" of your business.
Recover From Cyber Incidents
How to help your business recover from a cyber incident.
Respond to Cyber Incidents
Do you have a plan in place to respond to cyber incidents at your business?
Cybersecurity, It's More Than IT
As our lives become more digital, the risk of cybercrime grows, making strong cybersecurity measures essential not only for data protection but also for safeguarding customer information.
Did You Notice a Shift in Attitudes Towards Awareness Training at This Year's NCA Conference?
Mike Polatsek, Co-founder and CSO at CybeReady, reflects on Convene: Florida.
Top 10 Security Issues in Enterprise Cloud Computing
As a CISO, you know the list of security issues in enterprise cloud computing seems to always be growing.
Human Challenges in Implementing Multifactor Authentication (MFA)
How to implement an effective MFA program in your business.
How Smart Card Technology Uses Network Security
The concept of network security has been in existence for decades. With organizations using more sensitive information, the need to create policies that would limit access and control of a network has increased.
As an Employee or a Business Owner, You Need to Be Cyber Aware and Resilient
As our world becomes increasingly connected, it’s more important than ever to be cyber aware. There’s no question, cyber attacks are evolving in sophistication and attackers are broadening the entities they’re willing to target.
The Top Cybersecurity Trends for 2022
Here are the top three cybersecurity trends we think are worth watching as we approach 2022
5 Cybersecurity Trends in 2021
As remote work becomes the norm post-COVID-19, the cybersecurity landscape is evolving rapidly, presenting new threats and necessitating a reassessment of strategies to protect organizations from increasingly sophisticated attacks.
The Impact of Data Breaches and Cyberattacks on SMBs and Their Employees
It is always important for businesses to ensure their employees work securely, both at the office and home, as threat actors continually look for ways to attack.
How to Run a Virtual Cybersecurity Awareness Month Campaign
Engage your employees online during Cybersecurity Awareness Month.
How Your IT System Could Be at Risk from a Physical Attack
Don't overlook the physical risks to your IT system.
You’ve Been Hacked: 5 Ways to Minimize the Damage
Getting hacked is a nightmare scenario for every business. Fifty percent of small businesses in the U.S. have experienced a cyberattack. And this fact is not surprising – most small businesses lack the advanced security resources and technology that large enterprises can afford.
How to Protect Your Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Data from Hackers
CRM systems are some of the most useful assets for an organization, enabling businesses to build meaningful customer relationships, find new prospective customers and drive revenues.
Key Ways to Protect Your Business From Malware
Cyberattacks are a serious threat to businesses and consumers, with large-scale attacks having nationwide effects, thus making national security a serious concern.
What Happens When Cyberbullies Join the Workforce?
Cyberbullying has been stereotyped in the media as a problem that occurs with teenagers, cell phones, sexualized photographs and social media.