National Cyber Security Awareness Month

As the leaves change color and the State Fair comes around, we herald in the beginning of Fall, as well as National Cyber Security Awareness Month.
According to the Department of Homeland Security, National Cyber Security Awareness Month was started in 2004 in order to educate the public and create more awareness about the dangers of the Internet and cyberspace in general.
The month was founded by multiple organizations and governmental institutions at a time when 9/11 was only a few years past and there was a need to prepare for possible threats in areas previously overlooked, according to the National Cyber Security Alliance.
The month deals not only with national security but with personal security.
"Criminals can use the Internet to commit fraud and theft on a grand scale and to prey upon our children," according to the FBI.
Every year, the founding organizations and the government make efforts to increase their impact and garner further attention from the media and citizens regarding what they believe to be, "[one of the] most serious economic and national security challenges [the nation faces]," according to the Department of Homeland Security.

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