Beacon Digital Marketing Supports Cybersecurity Awareness Month

We are taking action during Cybersecurity Awareness Month!

Cybersecurity Awareness Month emphasizes the increasing significance of cybersecurity in our everyday lives and motivates both individuals and businesses to take crucial steps daily to "Secure Our World" and remain safe online. 

Today marks the start of the 21st Annual Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Established in 2004, this event, held every October, stands as the leading global initiative to promote cybersecurity awareness and best practices. Cybersecurity Awareness Month represents a joint effort among businesses, government agencies, educational institutions, associations, nonprofit organizations, tribal communities, and individuals dedicated to educating others about online safety.

From mobile devices to smart home devices, technology is deeply woven into our daily lives. While emerging technologies offer numerous benefits to society, they also present new opportunities for malicious actors to disrupt our online activities at home, school, or work. Cybersecurity Awareness Month seeks to spotlight some of the current challenges in the cybersecurity landscape and provide clear, actionable advice that anyone can follow to ensure a safe and secure digital environment for themselves and their loved ones.

The theme of Cybersecurity Awareness Month is "Secure Our World," which encourages everyone to take four simple steps each day to maintain online safety:

1. Understand the benefits of using a password manager and dispelling existing myths around password manager security and ease of use.
2. Turn on multifactor authentication on personal devices and business networks.  
3. Recognize and report phishing – still one of the primary threat actions used by cybercriminals today.
4. Install updates on a regular basis and turn on automated updates.

Cybersecurity Awareness Month continues to grow in influence and make a meaningful difference, striving to provide everyone with the essential knowledge to stay safe and secure online. Beacon Digital Marketing is proud to support this crucial online safety awareness and education campaign, led by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the National Cybersecurity Alliance.

For more information about Cybersecurity Awareness Month and how to participate, visit cisa.gov/cybersecurity-awareness-month and staysafeonline.org/cybersecurity-awareness-month/.