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Cybersecurity Awareness Month

2023 is Health-ISAC’s 7th Year as a Cybersecurity Awareness Champion

Each October, public and private organizations around the world dedicate the month to cybersecurity awareness messaging. This year, Health-ISAC is sharing resources from the United States, Europe, and Australia. The U.S. National Cybersecurity Alliance celebrates 20 years of Cybersecurity Awareness Month by partnering with the Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to announce a new evergreen theme; “Secure Our World.” Coordinated by the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) and the European Commission, the European Cybersecurity Month (ECSM) is the European Union’s annual campaign dedicated to promoting cybersecurity among EU citizens and organisations, and to providing up-to-date online security information through awareness raising and sharing of good practices. The Australian Cyber Security Centre’s 2023 overarching theme is “Be cyber wise; don’t compromise.” Other key messaging for the month from ACSC are listed below. In addition to opening some Member resources to the public, such as Daily Cyber Headlines, Health-ISAC has created informational videos to reinforce cyber hygiene and will be sharing them all month on social media. #cybersecurity #secureourworld

Health-ISAC will be adding tips to this page each week during the month of October, so please stay tuned.

During the month of October, Health-ISAC will be providing a special public version of the Daily Cyber Headlines we send out each day to our membership. These are current articles selected by the Health-ISAC Threat Operations Center that are of particular interest to healthcare security stakeholders and will be placed on this page each day and shared on Health-ISAC’s social media platforms.

Cybersecurity Awareness Video Series

Securing Your Passwords

Share this one-minute video about SECURING PASSWORDS with coworkers, friends, and family. Health-ISAC Chief Security Officer, Errol Weiss, shares some quick tips. The best defense is a good offense!

Multi-Factor Authentication

The best defense is a good offense. Share this one-minute video about using MULTI-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION on all of your accounts with coworkers, friends, and family. Health-ISAC Chief Security Officer, Errol Weiss, gives some quick tips.

Updating Systems

It is so easy to be up-to-date. Share this one-minute video about keeping your systems up to date with coworkers, friends, and family. Health-ISAC Chief Security Officer, Errol Weiss, shares gives a few quick tips. The best defense is a good offense!

Don’t Get Phished!

Watch and share this one-minute video about recognizing phishing emails and messages and verifying them WITHOUT clicking. Pass this video link to coworkers, friends, and family. Health-ISAC Chief Security Officer Errol Weiss shares some quick tips. The best defense is a good offense!

Privacy and Wearable Devices

Learn 5 quick tips from Health-ISAC’s VP Medical Device Security, Phil Englert, to ensure you are only sharing the data you want to share with wearable devices, including smart watches. Speaking of sharing, please share this with friends and family.

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Wearable Medical Devices are Everywhere

What can we do to ensure these wearable devices, from smart watches to insulin pumps, and the personal health data they collect are secure? Health-ISAC’s chief security officer, Errol Weiss asks these questions to Phil Englert, Health-ISAC’s new director of medical devices security. This is a 5-minute video worthy of watching for everyone in our families.

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Tips to Secure Email, Smartphones, Accounts and More

Health-ISAC’s Chief Security Officer, Errol Weiss, shares easy-to-apply cybersecurity tips to keep your email, smartphones, personal accounts secure and how to safely browse the internet avoid becoming a victim.

Tips and Reasons to Implement Multi-Factor Authentication

Health-ISAC Chief Security Officer, Errol Weiss, shares some easy-to-implement tips and tricks secure your email with multi-factor authentication (MFA), how to recognize and avoid clicking on “urgent” phishing emails and messages, how to do monthly updates on all your internet-connected systems and why you should. Video includes useful links to get these security changes implemented quickly. Please give this video and thumbs up and share it with your friends and family, especially during October’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month.

Shareable Slides

Download the slide presentation from the above video for useful cybersecurity tips anyone can put into action today.

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