Latest National Cyber Security Alliance Stories
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- America's young people aren't receiving adequate instruction to use digital technology and navigate cyber space in a safe, secure and responsible manner and are ill-prepared to address these subjects, according to a new poll released by the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) and supported by Microsoft Corporation. The State of K-12 Cyberethics, Cybersafety and Cybersecurity Curriculum in the U.S. Survey found that more than three quarters of U.S....
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), the leading public private partnership in cybersecurity education and awareness, today applauded President Obama's appointment of Howard Schmidt as Cybersecurity Coordinator. Mr. Schmidt brings with him the necessary breadth and depth of experience across government, industry, and non-profit sectors, along with a broad understanding of the unique challenges cybersecurity presents to America's...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) elected new executive officers for 2010 at its board meeting on December 14, 2009. Shannon Kellogg, longtime NCSA Board member and Director of Information Security Policy for EMC Corporation, will serve as board chair. Kellogg helped co-found NCSA in 2001 and has served on the NCSA board of directors since 2004, including two terms as treasurer and officer of the board. "Cyber security has become a...
National Cyber Security Alliance Finds that Security Questions Cause Online Retailers to Lose Sales WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- As Americans gear up for the holiday shopping season and Cyber Monday, the unofficial start of the online holiday shopping season on November 23, it is clear that Web site security plays a major part in consumers' purchasing decisions, according to a new poll by the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) and Symantec [Nasdaq: SYMC]. The poll, conducted...
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Americans today are getting the message that Internet safety and security is critical to their daily lives but many still need to employ safer cyber hygiene, according to the 2009 National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA)-Symantec Online Safety Study, released by the NCSA and Symantec (Nasdaq: SYMC), makers of Norton security software. The study results show that 85 percent of Americans feel they are most responsible for keeping their computers...
National Cyber Security Awareness Month Survey of Small Businesses Shows Discrepancies Between Needs and Actions When it Comes to Security Policies WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Small business owners' cybersecurity policies and actions are not adequate enough to ensure the safety of their employees, intellectual property and customer data, according to the 2009 National Small Business Cybersecurity Study. The study, co-sponsored by the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA)...
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) today calls on all Americans to heed the cybersecurity call to action made by President Barack Obama via a video address on the White House.gov blog (http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Protecting-yourself-online/). President Obama used the National Cyber Security Month address to focus on the responsibility that the government, private sector and everyday citizens share for ensuring America's cyber...
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1, /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today launched the 6th Annual National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM) with an event in Washington, DC featuring DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano and a wide variety of public, private and non-governmental organizations. National Cyber Security Awareness Month is a coordinated effort of the NCSA, DHS, and The Multi-State Information Sharing and...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) today announced that Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) has joined the association's board of directors. Eric Davis, head of anti-malvertising, will hold Google's board of director seat. The NCSA is a nonprofit public private partnership that brings together government, corporate, nonprofit and academic organizations to conduct public education and awareness efforts to empower a digital citizenry to use the...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) one of the primary promoters of National Cyber Security Awareness Month each October, launched a Web portal (www.staysafeonline.org/ncsam) to encourage broad-based participation in education and awareness activities this year. "The theme of National Cyber Security Awareness Month this year is "Our Shared Responsibility," said Michael Kaiser, executive director of the NCSA. "We can only secure cyber...
