Mission:NCSA’s mission is to educate and therefore empower a digital society to use the Internet safely and securely at home, work, and school, protecting the technology individuals’ use, the networks they connect to, and our shared digital assets.

VisionIn a climate of persistent threats, securing cyber space is a responsibility we all share. Securing the Internet and our shared global digital assets is critical if we are to achieve the potential of an empowered digital society capable of leveraging robust and widely available: – content – community – communication – commerce – connectivity

Education & Awareness Goals

We need to • Make cybersecurity second nature• Elevate cybersecurity to be equal to other cultural messaging• Build a messaging dissemination infrastructure• Activate trusted networks• Bring good, existing programs to scale.• Fill the gaps• Measure and evaluate our efforts

A Shared Resource, Our Shared Responsibility

Public Private Partnership is key to success– Industry– Local, State & Federal Government– Academia– Law Enforcement– Non-profit– Community

Public Private Partnership

• Securing Our eCity• APWG/NCSA Online Consumer Safety &

Security Messaging Convention• National Cyber Security Awareness Month

APWG/NCSA Online Consumer Safety & SecurityMessage Convention

The Challenge1) Discordant information on the threat of cyber crime2) Multitudes of advice and information some good and some bad about what to do3) No single concise, memorable message to motivate consumers to act4) No group taking responsibility to act in together to solve the problem5) No single private or public entity solely responsible for the problem

NICENational Initiative for Cyber Security Education

• Track 1: National Cybersecurity Awareness Lead: DHS

• Track 2: Formal Cybersecurity EducationLead: DoED, OSTP

• Track 3: Federal Cybersecurity Workforce StructureLead: OPM

• Track 4: Cybersecurity Workforce Training & Pro. Dev.Lead: DOD, ODNI, DHS

http://csrc.nist.gov/nice

National Cybersecurity Awareness Month What are you doing to educate your:

• Students• Customers• Clients• Employees• Citizens• Colleagues• Neighbors• Friends• Family