Latest National Cyber Security Alliance Stories

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), a public-private partnership focused on educating a digital citizenry to stay safe and secure online, reminds all Americans that today marks the beginning of the 7th Annual National Cyber Security Awareness Month. National Cyber Security Awareness Month is a coordinated effort of the NCSA, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and The Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MSISAC)...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), a public-private partnership focused on educating a digital citizenry to stay safe and secure online, continues to see unprecedented interest and participation in the 2010 National Cyber Security Awareness Month from a variety of companies, educators and government agencies. NCSA, along with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center,...

Executive Director of National Security and Cyber Policy Marcus Sachs to Serve on NCSA Board WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) announced today the appointment of Verizon Communications' Marcus Sachs to the nonprofit organization's board of directors. Sachs will represent Verizon on the board. The NCSA is a nonprofit public private partnership that brings together government, corporate, nonprofit and academic organizations to educate...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) today announced that Michael Barrett, Chief Information Security Officer at PayPal, has joined the organization's board of directors. NCSA is a nonprofit, public-private partnership focused on cybersecurity awareness and education to help a digital citizenry stay safe and secure in an increasingly connected world. It works across government, private, nonprofit and academic organizations toward that...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) has named Nadia Short, Vice President and General Manager of General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems' Cyber Division, to its board directors. Short joins representatives from AT&T, ADP, Cisco, EMC, Google, Lockheed Martin, McAfee, Microsoft, SAIC, Symantec and Visa in helping bring awareness to cyber security and Internet safety. NCSA is a nonprofit, public-private partnership focused on...

WASHINGTON and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- An overwhelming majority of Americans believe that their personal online actions can help make the greater online world safer for everyone, including their friends, family, country, and the larger global community of Internet users, a national survey of U.S. adults released today by the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) and the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) finds. The survey was conducted as part of a...

WASHINGTON, July 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), a public-private partnership focused on educating a digital citizenry to stay safe and secure online, today launched its National Cyber Security Awareness Month Web portal (LINK: http://www.staysafeonline.org/ncsam) with information on events, activities, promotions and educational materials to be used in preparation for the online safety month to be held in October. Anyone - family, employers,...

WASHINGTON, June 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- For most American school children, summer vacation is officially underway, and with scores of young people away from the classroom, many of them will spend their free time on the Internet - that's according to their parents. Nearly 30 percent of parents report their kids will spend more time online this summer than they did during the school year. More than 50 percent said their children will spend the same amount of time online, according to...

WASHINGTON, March 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) today announced that Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has joined the nonprofit organization's board of directors. Charles Croom, Vice President of Cyber Security Solutions at Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Global Services, will represent the company on the NCSA board. NCSA is a non-profit, public-private partnership dedicated to cybersecurity awareness and public education. It brings together...

WASHINGTON, March 18 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) today announced that Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADP) has joined the association's board of directors. Roland Cloutier, vice president and chief security officer, will hold ADP's board of director seat on the association. The NCSA is a nonprofit public private partnership that brings together government, corporate, non-profit and academic organizations to conduct public education and awareness...