UNO Leads Charge for National Cyber Security Awareness Month in Omaha

by Becky Bohan Brown and Charley Reed

UNO is a National Cyber Security Awareness Month champion. To commemorate, the Scott Conference Center, located on the UNO's Pacific Street Campus, will be the site for the ninth annual National Cyber Security Awareness Month on Monday, Oct. 1.

Elected officials, federal officials and industry leaders will convene in Omaha on the morning of Oct. 1 to launch the month-long call for cyber security awareness and hold Business Security Summit. The day's events are free and open to the public.

Summit guests include representatives from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the State of Nebraska and companies like VISA, Microsoft, PayPal, Verizon, AT&T, McAfee and Symantec.

Topics discussed at the summit will include how to keep your electronic devices clean from viruses and malware, how to respond to a cyber incident, how to educate your employees about cyber safety, protecting your IP address, PCI Data security standards and more.

The day starts at 8:30 a.m. with breakfast, with the summit being held from noon to 5 p.m. Highlights include:

• The official launch of the awareness month with leading elected and government officials.
• Join UNO's Information Security Office (ISO) for a full afternoon of information-packed sessions by experts in security and business from the nation's leading companies as they help you learn to protect your department or business.

A full agenda can be found athttp://www.staysafeonline.org/download/document/289/business_security_summit_agenda.pdf

Since 2003, National Cyber Security Awareness Month has highlighted the importance of protecting the nation's cyber infrastructure and encouraging individuals to play a role in protecting themselves and our shared digital assets.

Follow UNO's Information Security Office (ISO), a division of Information Services (IS), UNOInfoSec on Twitter (https://twitter.com/UNOInfoSec) for live updates and more information surrounding this event and the entire month of activities.