Cybersecurity Awareness Tip 26: Increase Your Cybersecurity Awareness

Awareness is Key to Prevention

In an era of lockdowns, online activity has increased significantly on all devices and platforms. If you need proof that cybersecurity awareness is key to prevention, check out the results of this year's Gone Phishing Tournament. Or check out CISO Portal's Reasons Why Cybersecurity Awareness is Important.

Yes, Virginia, There's an App for That

The Safe Me app (Android, iOS) is a "comprehensive Cyber Risk Quantification platform for learning, assessing and improving Cybersecurity Awareness of people." The app contains a series of video-based micro learning courses and question-based assessments that provide a SAFE score on a scale of 0-5 for your cybersecurity awareness level. The can also evaluate and view recommended settings for the security features on your smartphone.

Resources

• Cybersecurity Education Games for Kids and Families
• Culture of Cybersecurity CyBear Activities for Kids
• Wizer Cybersecurity Awareness Videos and Family Edition
• Mailfence Email Security and Privacy Awareness
• NIST
• National Cybersecurity Alliance
• Daniel Miessler's Information Security
• CISA Cybersecurity Resources
• SANS Institute Security Awareness Training
• Yale Cybersecurity Awareness and Training
• University of Maryland Cybersecurity for Everyone