National Cybersecurity Awareness Month

Now that October is upon us it is time to announce that the Information Security Group are taking part in the National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. As the name suggests, this will continue for the entire month of October.

What to expect

We will be releasing weekly information articles throughout the month of October, they will be available here on the Information Security Group blog.

*Prizes to be won*

At the end of each weekly information article, there will be a question to answer, the winning entry will be randomly chosen from all entries received (UCL staff and students only). The prize each week will be an Amazon voucher.

Themes and Topics

The themes for this year’s National Cybersecurity Awareness Month are Own IT, Secure IT and Protect IT. We are separating these out into the topics as follows:

• Own IT
  • Privacy settings
  • Safe Social Media Posting
  • Smart Technology
• Secure IT
  • Creating Strong Passwords
  • Multi-factor Authentication
  • Protecting Against Phishing
• Protect IT
  • Researching and Assessing Your Digital Profile
  • “Cyber Hygiene”

Week One – Quiz Question

In what month does National Cybersecurity Awareness Month take place every year?

Please send answers to isg@ucl.ac.uk with the subject line of “NCAM – Week One“.

Don’t forget to check back for next weeks edition – Own IT: where we’ll be looking at privacy settings, safely using social media and smart technology.