Aloha, With Cybersecurity Awareness Month upon us, I wanted to remind everyone that there are many resources out there that can be used to keep our small business partners and our family/friends safe when they venture online. While we talk about the intricacies of the last cyber threat actors and how they take advantage of vulnerabilities found in even our security products as part of our jobs, it’s important to remember that much of this discussion goes over the heads of many of our employees and members of the public. Speaking in a language that lay people can understand is critical, whether it's to small businesses, employees or family and friends. Per CISA, this year’s theme for Cyber Security Awareness Month is “secure our world”, which on the surface seems like a pretty ambitious goal. The world is so complex and contains a seemingly limitless number of vulnerabilities that setting such a broad goal might seem daunting to most. Their description goes on to say, however, that one of the keys is for us is to focus on things we can do every day to improve, rather than get intimidated by the big picture. By doing this we build security into our everyday lives and makes it less of a “technical” topic we need to be intimidated by. This approach also reminds everyone that there is always something they can do to make themselves, their business and their family safer. CISA has focused on the following four security controls - Strong Passwords
- Use of Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
- Recognition and Reporting of Phishing attacks
- Patch Management
During the month of October, take a moment to talk to someone you don’t normally talk to about one or more of these topics and encourage them to build them into their every day routine. By doing this we’ll hopefully get everyone to realize that security is a shared responsibility and this will perhaps move us forward towards the aspirational goal to “secure our world.” Mahalo, | 
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