Data Privacy & Security Service
Issue 13
CYBER SECURITY NEWS October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month!
National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM) was estab- lished in 2004 by the
Here are the themes for October 2018: Week 1: October 1-5: Make your Home a Hav- en for Online Safety Week 2: October 8-12: Millions of Rewarding Jobs: Educating for a Career in Cybersecurity Week 3: October 15-19: It’s Everyone’s Job to Ensure Online Safety at Work Week 4: October 22-26: Safeguarding the Na- tion’s Critical Infrastructure
U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the National Cy- ber Security Alliance to provide resources that help Americans stay safe and secure online.
Click here to learn more about NCSAM
Google Chrome Marks All HTTP Sites as ‘not secure’
Google released Chrome 68 on July 24, adding a warning for unencrypted HTTP sites. If a site loads as HTTP a “not secure” warning will appear next to the website address bar. Seeing a “not secure” warning does
not mean the site was hacked, it just means the website is not running on the secure version, HTTPS.
Click here to learn more about this update to Google Chrome.
13 Going on Old Enough to Share Your Personal Data
The US government through The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act or COP- PA has granted children younger than 13 special protections on the Internet since 2000. The main issue is obtaining verifi- able parental consent and the sharing of
information to third parties. Now there is a movement to discuss protections for the 13 to 18-year-old population and the concept of protection for all. To read further click on this link.
Schools Eye Facial Recognition Technology to Boost Security
Lockport School District in western New York is implementing a new surveillance system that incorpo- rates facial recognition technology in an effort to provide better securi- ty in the wake of Parkland, Florida school shooting last February.
This move has spurred an open debate about the balance between security measures and student privacy and civil rights.
To read more use this link.
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