Information Security
Cybersecurity Awareness Month
2024 Office of the Governor's Proclamation on Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Check out DIR's Instagram, Youtube and LinkedIn profiles for cyber tips and statistics throughout the month.
Maintaining a robust first line of defense begins with establishing a culture of cybersecurity awareness. By providing regular, engaging cybersecurity awareness training, organizations can significantly enhance overall security posture for Texas. This can be further enhanced by rewarding employees for good cyber hygiene. Together, these efforts create a proactive and informed workforce, ready to tackle any cyber threat.
Cybersecurity Awareness Month Activities
Upcoming events, webinars and more coming soon.
If you have events, webinars or other CAM related events to share please send to [email protected]. We will promote your event here and on other DIR communication streams.
Current Youth Competitions:
After 9 wonderful years of bringing gamified cyber education to young people across the globe, CyberStart America and Cyber-Fast Track is now closed.
DIR would like to continue support and learning efforts in the field so we created a one pager to help you start your own cyber club. This came from the contributions of our high school intern, who is a cyber student and created a club at his school. Start a Cyber Club one pager
DIR Cybersecurity Awareness Kit
DIR wants to support your organizations to maintain cyber awareness activities through the year, beyond October. Check out the Cyber Awareness social media kit including seasonal cyber posts and sector specific (K-12, local and state government and high education) for your audiences, general cyber posts and a cross word puzzle to keep your employees engaged.
Texas A&M University Cybersecurity Games
Each year, the Texas A&M Division of Information Technology creates a campus-wide IT security game for National Cyber Security Awareness Month. Each game is designed to be fun and engaging, while educating students, faculty and staff about how to be safe online.
CSSIA Interactives
The interactives were developed under the leadership of Mike Qaissaunee (about) at the Brookdale Cyber Center with funding from an NSF Grant. If you have kids or students interested learning or developing their skills in cybersecurity and networking, give these a try!
In addition, check out these Cyber Competition https://www.caeepnc.org/cybercompetitions/
MS-ISAC Cybersecurity Awareness Materials
MS-ISAC no longer prints toolkit materials, calendars or posters but you are welcome to print and share items below. https://www.cisecurity.org/ms-isac/ms-isac-toolkit/
Additional General Security Resources
Find additional cybersecurity information and tools from the following resources.
- Texas.gov Cyber Safety Corner
- US CERT CISA Tips for Home and Business
- US CERT CISA Tips for Home Network
- NSA Best Practices for Securing Your Home Network
- https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/awareness-training-education/publications
- TEA Best Practices for Video Learning
- Proofpoint Activity Book for Kids
- https://www.nist.gov/itl/smallbusinesscyber/guidance-topic/employee-awareness
- https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/awareness-training-education/publications
Regular Cyber Updates
- Join the TX-ISAO to get advisories and newsletters
- https://cyware.com/cyber-security-news-articles
- https://thehackernews.com/
- https://cybernews.com/news/